By Ian Hanson - Courtesy of Hanson Sports Media and Swimming Australia.
MELBOURNE, August 31: It was a record breaking third night at the Telstra Australian Short Course Championships at the Melbourne Sports And Aquatic Centre… IAN HANSON reviews the events…
Grant Hackett and a trio of Aussie young guns – Kirk Palmer, Grant Brits and Kenrick […]

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By Ian Hanson - Courtesy of Hanson Sports Media and Swimming Australia.
MELBOURNE, August 31: Record breaking Albany Creek teenagers Bronte Barratt and Kylie Palmer have set up a mouth watering showdown in tonight’s 400 metre freestyle final at the Telstra Australian Short Course Swimming Championships after cruising through the heats at the Melbourne Sports and […]

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By David Lyall - Courtesy of Hanson Sports Media and Swimming Australia.
MELBOURNE, August 30: Rising star Kylie Palmer and veteran performer Matt Welsh were the chart busters on a record breaking second night of the Telstra Australian Short Course Championships at the Melbourne Sports And Aquatic Centre tonight. DAVID LYALL was poolside and reports on […]

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By David Lyall - Courtesy of Hanson Sports Media and Swimming Australia.
MELBOURNE, August 30: The absence of National record holder Eamon Sullivan has opened the door for swimming’s busiest man, Jono Newton, to become Australia’s fastest man after the second morning of heats at the Telstra Australian Short Course Swimming Championships at the Melbourne Sports […]

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By Ian Hanson - Courtesy of Hanson Sports Media and Swimming Australia.
MELBOURNE, August 29: Kenrick Monk took another quantum leap towards next year’s Beijing Olympics while Stephanie Rice added her second Commonwealth record in two weeks in a thrilling night’s racing at the Telstra Australian Short Course Championships at the Melbourne Sports And Aquatic Centre. […]

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By Ian Hanson - Courtesy of Hanson Sports Media and Swimming Australia.
MELBOURNE (Wednesday, August 29): Two-time Olympic champion Grant Hackett has swum agonizingly close to his own world record in the 800 metres freestyle during the opening session of the Telstra Australian Short Course Swimming Championships at the Melbourne Sports And Aquatic Centre.
Hackett, fresh from […]

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Lisbeth Lenton and Leisel Jones continued to put on a show at the Telstra Australian Short Course Championships last night with both swimming divas demolishing world records within 10 minutes of each other. Then the show continued as Leith Brodie broke an Australian record and Grant Hackett made a successful return to the 1500m freestyle. […]

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Leisel Jones set the 100 meters breaststroke world record at the Telstra Australian Short Course Championships yesterday evening. Swimming in her semi-final, Jones took the race out fast and finished strong to clock 1:04.12 and slash a massive 0.67 seconds off the old mark set by American Tara Kirk in Texas in 2004. Jones now […]

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Libby Lenton set the first Commonwealth record of the meet and Leisel Jones and Grant Hackett also flirted with their own world records in the 200m breaststroke and 400m freestyle events respectively at the Australian Short Course Championships in Hobart tonight.
It was a great night for Lenton who clocked a sizzling 25.71 for the Commonwealth […]

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The 2006 Telstra Australian Short Course Championships kicked off with an exciting opening finals session and butterfly sensation, Jessicah Schipper clocked the third fastest 200m butterfly performance in history of 2:04.42. Schipper, coming off of a new world long course record in the event at the Pan Pacific Championships last week, was extremely happy […]

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