Sydney, Feb 21 (ANI): The coach of star Australian swimmer James Magnussen has defended the Oz swimmers, saying that they are not pampered brats and most of them were simply guilty of trying too hard at the London Games.

Sydney, Feb 21 (ANI): Australian men's 100 metre Olympic relay team, which includes swimming star James Magnussen, is set to reveal details about the misuse of prescribed drugs in the lead-up to their disastrous showing at the London Games, during a press conference on Friday.

Sydney, Feb 19 (ANI): Australian swimmers have been damned by reports that revealed that they had broken team rules on alcohol, prescription drugs, bullying and team curfews during the 2012 London Olympic Games in incidents, which have been described as 'culturally toxic'.

London, Nov 1 (ANI): Australian swimmer Stephanie Rice may have taken her friendship with long tome pal Lincoln Lewis to the next level.

Melbourne, Oct 21 (ANI): Australian swimmer James Magnussen has admitted that he made mistakes, saying that he could have carried himself better during a controversial London Olympic campaign.

Melbourne, August 19 (ANI): Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe was battling alcohol problems and depression as he struggled to cling on to his career after the Athens Olympics, his new tell-all autobiography has revealed.

Sydney, Aug 11(ANI): Australian swimmer Daniel Kowalski, who won a gold medal at the Sydney Olympic, has slammed the swimming authorities for not taking proper financial care of athletes, claiming that most of the current professional swimmers are surviving on minimum wages.

Melbourne, August 9 (ANI): Former Olympian Craig Stevens believes that there is "definitely something going on" between Dream Team basketballer Kobe Bryant and Australian swimmer Stephanie Rice.

Melbourne, Aug 2 (ANI): Australian swimmer Stephanie Rice can finally get down to the partying spirit, now that the pesky business of competing is out of the way.

London, Aug 1 (ANI): Australian swimmer Stephanie Rice is considering walking away from the sport after a disappointing Olympics campaign in London.

Melbourne, July 1 (ANI): Australian swimmer Stephanie Rice, who recently attracted criticism for posting racy snaps on Twitter, has said that she is going into the Olympics focussed.

Melbourne, June 9 (ANI): Australian swimmers Nick D'Arcy and Kenrick Monk will be sent home immediately after they finish their events at the London Olympics next month, as punishment for posting online photographs of themselves toting high-powered firearms.

Melbourne, June 4 (ANI): The Australian swimmers, who have been training hard for a long time just for this week's Olympic trials, would win every gold medal in the bag had posing been a sport.

Sydney, May 26 (ANI): Australian swimmer Stephanie Rice is all grown up now as she claims to have changed in the past four years after the Beijing Olympics in terms of life outside the pool.

Sydney, May 4 (ANI): Grant Hackett, who won the gold medal during the Sydney and Athens Olympics, has split from his singer wife Candice Alley.

Sydney, Mar 11(ANI): Several Australian swimmers have demanded their governing body, Swimming Australia, reveal how much money has been spent to bankroll the return of comeback stars like Ian Thorpe amid rumors of "six-figure handshakes".

Sydney, Jan 13(ANI) Australian swimmer and five time Olympic champion Ian Thorpe has admitted that he needs to dramatically increase his speed ahead of the 2012 London Olympics, after he failed to qualify for the finals of the Victorian State 100metre freestyle event.horpe did not dominate the race at any stage, and turned the first lap last and finished the race in 51.05 seconds, The Age reports.

Melbourne, Dec 15 (ANI): Australian Swimmer Stephanie Rice has indicated that she would mark her retirement from professional swimming after the 2012 Olympics by signing with a high-profile management to get into TV.

Sydney, Oct 30(ANI): Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe's sports psychologist Deidre Anderson believes that the five-time Olympic champion faces the greatest challenge of his life to qualify for the 2012 London Games.

Beijing, July 30 (ANI): Australian Swimmer Stephanie Rice is taking inspiration from in-form American star Ryan Lochte to give her best in Sunday's 400m individual medley at the World Championships.