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The countdown is on! Get ready to cheer on our F-Teamers in Tokyo. Read all about what they've had to achieve to get to where they are and be sure to jump on Instagram to wish them well.

Mitch Tinsley (left) and Mikayla Smith (far right) have been selected for the Universiade Team There is no denying that the world has its eyes firmly set on Tokyo. With Paris 2024 just around the corner, however, every opportunity to race fast is crucial. Competitive experience is absolutely essential for all swimmers, in particular the rising stars of Australian Swimming who have already shown they can mix it with the big names. So 84 athletes and coaches have been selected to participate in t

Blair Evans and Ash Weill moments before their races The past five days have been full of excitement, heartbreak and elation as Australia's top swimmers descended on Adelaide for their chance to make the Dolphins team headed to Tokyo next month. Live streamed on Amazon Prime, the nation tuned in to watch fast swimming, close finishes, and new World, Commonwealth and Australian records set. The excitement kicked off on day one with Hunter Swim Club's Meg Bailey winning silver in the 400m IM jus

Winter is setting in and the pools are getting colder, but it's coming up to the most important and heated time of the year for our Funkita Para swimmers. It has been five years of sacrifice and commitment for Paralympians Lakeisha Patterson, Tiffany Thomas-Kane, Katja Dedekind & Taylor Corry who will soon be pushing for the sought-after green and gold once again. In what is usually a four-year endeavour, the COVID pandemic has meant our athletes have endured a longer-than-normal wait to trial

F-Teamer Abby Schoorl in her APEX Predator Futurismo (Image by Wade Brennan) The start list for 2021 Australian Swimming Selection Trials has been released but, like everything else over the last year, there is uncertainty if all swimmers will be allowed to enter South Australia to compete. 22 Funkita F-Teamers are on the list and we hope for the sake of the Victorians competing there is an opportunity to make it to the South Australian Aquatic Centre for their chance to book a ticket to Tokyo

Australia's best divers take to the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre to book their spot for Tokyo. The 2021 Australian Open Diving Championships, incorporating National Trials, kicks off today at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre until June 11. With Open Championships cancelled in 2020 and 5 years since the last Nomination Trials, all eyes will be on our six F-Teamers and the rest of the Funkita-sponsored Diving Australia divers as they battle it out for a spot on the Australian team in

It was a big week of racing up on the Gold Coast at the 2021 Australian Swimming Championships with our F-Teamers taking on massive race schedules across the five days. After a tumultuous year, it was an excellent opportunity for the swimmers to see where they're sitting in the lead up to Trials that will take place in June in Adelaide. Highlights from the event included Commonwealth Games swimmer Meg Bailey and dual Olympian Blair Evans pushing each other in the 400m IM to claim Silver and Bro

A huge congratulations to all the F-teamers who competed at the British Swimming Selection Trials. Despite the challenges they have faced this past year, with the lack of pool time and endless zoom sessions, the competition was filled with countless PB's, medals and qualification times. There were brilliant swims from day one, kicking off with the 200m Freestyle, which had Candice Hall and Mia Slevin in the final with both achieving personal best times. Aimee Willmott had a phenomenal swim in t

The Irish Trials will take place from April 20-24 at the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin. One year later than planned, and the meet originally called the Irish Open Meet, swimmers will descend on Dublin with the hope of filling their lifelong dreams. Covid has become a setback for most, but our F-Teamers have used the 12-month delay to Tokyo to train harder, get better and secure a seat on the plane. F-Teamer Ellen Walshe was lucky enough to be able to train the whole way through Ireland's Co

The 2021 Australian Age Swimming Championships started with a bang and while the weather was less than ideal for our athletes racing on day 1 and 2, it didn't stop them from producing some cracking swims! Lucky Patterson swum her way to victory winning both the 100m and 400m Freestyle events on the first two days of the meet with a personal best time in her 100m Freestyle (1:04.07). Fellow F-Teamers Katja Dedekind and Taylor Corry also brought their A game claiming 6 medals between them in just

Our Age Group F-Teamers shined at last week's Nationals and now it's time for our Open swimmers to step up to the blocks at the 2021 Australian Swimming Championships that kick off on Wednesday at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre. With last year's Nationals raced virtually due to Covid, swimmers are eager to finally race against the best in the country to see how they are positioned in the lead up to Trials that will be held in June. The meet runs till April 18 and if it's anything like Age Nationa