Australia will take a 41-strong swim team to Paris for the Olympics this summer, following six-day trials that ended Saturday and saw some lightning-fast performances, including a world record by Ariarne Titmus.
Swimming has long been the medal-winning backbone of the country, which claimed nine gold in the pool at the 2020 Tokyo Games among 22 podium places, behind only bitter rivals the United States.
They head to France bolstered by some serious gold medal contenders, led by Titmus, Kaylee McKeown, and Mollie O’Callaghan, with defending 200m breaststroke champion Zac Stubblety-Cook spearheading the men’s side.
The squad boasts 23 debutants, but also Cameron McEvoy as the first Australian male swimmer to make four Olympics.
Bronte Campbell will also be at her fourth Games while Emma McKeon and Kyle Chalmers will be at their third.
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“This is a team that will do Australia proud -– in and out of the pool -– and we can’t wait to see competition unfold in Saint-Denis at the Centre Aquatique Olympique,” said head coach Rohan Taylor.
Women
50m Freestyle: Shayna Jack, Meg Harris
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100m Freestyle: Mollie O’Callaghan, Shayna Jack
200m Freestyle: Ariarne Titmus, Mollie O’Callaghan
400m Freestyle: Ariarne Titmus, Lani Pallister
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800m Freestyle: Ariarne Titmus, Lani Pallister
1500m Freestyle: Lani Pallister, Moesha Johnson
100m Backstroke: Kaylee McKeown, Iona Anderson
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200m Backstroke: Kaylee McKeown, Jaclyn Barclay
100m Butterfly: Emma McKeon, Alexandria Perkins
200m Butterfly: Elizabeth Dekkers, Abbey Connor
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200m Breaststroke: Ella Ramsay, Jenna Strauch
200m Individual Medley: Kaylee McKeown, Ella Ramsay
400m Individual Medley: Ella Ramsay, Jenna Forrester
4x100m Free Relay: Mollie O’Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Bronte Campbell, Meg Harris, Olivia Wunsch, Emma McKeon
4x200m Free Relay: Ariarne Titmus, Mollie O’Callaghan, Lani Pallister, Brianna Throssell, Shayna Jack, Jamie Perkins
Men
50m freestyle: Cameron McEvoy, Ben Armbruster
100m Freestyle: Kyle Chalmers
200m Freestyle: Max Giuliani
400m Freestyle: Elijah Winnington, Sam Short
800m Freestyle: Elijah Winnington
1500m Freestyle: Sam Short
100m backstroke: Issac Cooper
200m Backstroke: Bradley Woodward, Se-Bom Lee
100m Butterfly: Matt Temple
100m breaststroke: Sam Williamson, Joshua Yong
200m Breaststroke: Zac Stubblety-Cook, Joshua Yong
400m Individual Medley: Brendon Smith, William Petric
4x100m Free Relay: Kyle Chalmers, William Yang, Flynn Southam, Jack Cartwright, Kai Taylor, Zac Incerti
4x200m Free Relay: Max Giuliani, Thomas Neill, Elijah Winnington, Kai Taylor, Zac Incerti
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