IMPORTANT UPDATE: 2027 ENTRY DEADLINES 🚨 Plan your season and lock in these entry dates. Starting in 2027, Swimming Australia is implementing a firm policy across all national events: no late entries will be accepted after the advertised closing date and time. This update allows us to hold entries open closer to event start dates while ensuring fair, efficient competition administration for everyone. 👉 Share this with your coach, team manager and club mates so no one misses a deadline. 📌 Save this post to easily come back to it throughout the busy season. 📲 Find full event info here: swimming.org.au/events-resul…

Dolphins Ian Thorpe, Michael Klim and Cate Campbell know what gold looks like. With 11 Olympic gold medals between them, they know what it takes to be a champion - and you can be one, too. 🙌 This International Plasma Awareness Week, we’re backing Klim’s call to donate liquid gold (plasma). In Australia, a new plasma donation is needed every 33 seconds. Go for Gold. Give Plasma. 🥇❤️ Head to @lifebloodau to find your nearest donor centre and help save lives.

The next stop on #Route28 for our para stars is officially locked in and everyone is taco’ing about it! 🤩 🎉 🇲🇽 Save the date for the World Para Swimming Champs in Mexico 👉 25 July - 1 August 2027 Let’s go Dolphins 💪🐬

Still picking your #SwimGP team? 👀 Well, some of the biggest names are already locked in 🔒 Here are the Swim GP Platinum athletes! What – and who - are Swim GP Platinum athletes? 🤔 They’re the Dolphins who were pre-selected by their teams and exempt from the draft. 🔜 Next up: each team’s Gold athletes, aka the first picks from the draft! 20 athletes for each team were selected on draft day by the head coaches: 🐙 Craig Jackson 🌊 Dean Boxall 🔱 Mel Marshall 🐟 Damien Jones Closer. Faster. Unmissable. #SwimGP is lighting up MSAC on 13 and 14 November! 🔥🎟️ Get your tickets today via Ticketek. Grateful to have the support of our inaugural licensees @rackley_swimming @carlileswim powering two of our teams.

#In2032WeTrust 🗣️ Lani Pallister knows hosting open water swimming at Brisbane 2032 means more than medals. It means legacy and an inspired future generation. Plus, don’t forget the bragging rights in boasting the world’s greatest coastline! 🤩 @WorldAquatics | @Brisbane_2032 | @AUSOlympicTeam

Which #SwimGP team are you backing? 👊💥 Drop your team’s emoji in the comments below 👇 🐙 Kraken 🌊 Tsunami 🔱 KingTide - powered by @carlileswim 🐟 Wahoo - powered by @rackley_swimming 🚨 Stay tuned for the first draft picks to be revealed later today. 20 athletes for each team were selected on draft day by the head coaches: 🐙 Craig Jackson, 🌊 Dean Boxall, 🔱 Mel Marshall, 🐟 Damien Jones Closer. Faster. Unmissable. Get your #SwimGP tickets now via Ticketek. Grateful to have the support of our inaugural licensees powering two of our teams.

An epic four days at Aus Short Course Champs = 24 Dolphins, including six rookies, selected for World Short Course Championships! Big congrats to everyone who swum, coached and cheered. 👏👏 Read more: swimming.org.au/articles/24-…

Beau came to SOPAC this week with one goal ... 17-year-old's Beau Matthews' one goal for the Aus Short Course Champs was to try and take down Paralympic great Matt Cowdrey's 100m breaststroke SB9 national record of 1:07.31 set in 2009. And so he did with a record time of 1:05.39 to win his second gold of the night, just a couple of hours after he won the 100m fly multiclass.🔥🔥

BACKING IT UP! 💪 Jesse Aungles backed up from his S8 men's record time in the heats (32.43) with an even quicker 31.89 in tonight's 50m backstroke multiclass final!

Don’t miss the 2026 After Party! 🔥 Post Aus Short Course in Sydney our athletes set themselves for Swim GP in Melbourne. Join us for two nights of action: Closer, faster, UNMISSABLE at MSAC from Nov 13-14. It’s swimming but not as you know it. It’s #SwimGP 🚀🏆 Sneak preview this Sunday on @wwos 🤫

Keep fast and sweep on 🧹🐬 They did it in Glasgow. Can they do it in Sydney? Sam Short and Lani Pallister race tonight at SOPAC in pursuit of a clean sweep. ⏱️👀 And with these two Dolphins, it’s all eyes on the clock. Friday Fun Facts: 💥 Lani dives in for her world record event - the 800m free. 💥 Sam - the short favourite for tonight’s 1500m - will hit the altitude tent for a four-week stint following tonight’s conclusion of Aust Short Course Champs.

A BIG thumbs up and a smile for Jesse Aungles who took down his own 50m back S8 national record from 2011! Jesse's new time to beat is 32.43 🔥 Watch him go for it again in tonight's final - the last night of racing at the Australian Short Course Championships in Sydney. Tickets available from Ticketek or tune in to 9Now. 📸 Delly Carr

#LanisLapCounter is almost complete. Over the past three days, Lani Pallister has completed the 100m 🥈, 200m 🥇, 400m🥇, and 1500m 🥇 Now all that’s left is 31 laps in tonight’s 800m freestyle timed final. Tune in to 9Now from 6pm AEST to watch the final session of the Australian Short Course Championships in Sydney. Or, see it live with a ticket from Ticketek. 🔥🔥

We’ve warmed up Sydney Olympic Park for the @NRL GF 🔥🔥  In between the tumble turns, footy finals fever has been in full swing this week at the Aus Short Course Championships. Even Joey Johns has been in the splash zone here at SOPAC. ⚔️ 👀 Come on down and get amongst the final day of racing with a ticket from Ticketek. We wonder which team has been most popular on pool deck? 🤪 @NRLKnights

A few big sighs of relief. 😮‍💨 A few near misses. ❤️‍🩹 The past three days of the Aus Short Course Championships have had it all - including 11 national records! 👏👏 Bring on the final day to qualify for the World Short Course Championships. ⏰ Heats start 10am AEST. Finals from 6pm AEST. Watch live on 9Now or in the stands at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. 📸 Delly Carr

LAST DIVES 🗣️🗣️ It’s the last day of racing at SOPAC - and the final chance to qualify for the World Short Course Championships team. 🔜🐬 Stick around after racing ends tonight to find out who is heading to China this December! 📲 Read Day 4 Preview on swimming.org.au Watch on 9Now or gather your friends and family and watch live at SOPAC with a ticket from Ticketek. 🎟️ Tickets from $17 Kids | $21 Adults

The Running Man does it again!! Beau Matthews rewrote the books in the men's 200m IM short course, taking down Rick Pendleton's SM10 national record of 2:11.63 from 2009. 😲 His new time: a cracking 2:09.89 🔥🔥 📸 Delly Carr

Third time's a charm🍀💪 Maddie McTernan closes out her time in Sydney with a THIRD S14 women's short course national record! Tonight, she cracked the 59-second mark in the 100m freestyle and lowered her own record mark to 58.95. Maddie also broke the 200m freestyle S14 women's national record twice first in the heat (2:08.30), then backed up in the final (2:07.68). 👏👏 📸 Delly Carr

Goggles at the ready for a big night ahead at SOPAC 👀 Only two nights left qualify for the World Short Course Championships in China this December. Make sure you’re at SOPAC Friday night for the @DolphinsAUS team announcement live on pool deck. 🎟️ Tickets available from $17 Kids | $21 Adults. Secure via Ticketek. 🏆 2026 Australian Short Course Championships 🗓️ 29/09 - 02/10 📍 Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre 📺 Catch every moment on 9Now