BRISBANE: 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.
"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;
100m Freestyle: Mollie O'Callaghan, Shayna Jack;
200m Freestyle: Ariarne Titmus, Mollie O'Callaghan;
400m Freestyle: Ariarne Titmus, Lani Pallister;
800m Freestyle: Ariarne Titmus, Lani Pallister;
1500m Freestyle: Lani Pallister, Moesha Johnson;
100m Backstroke: Kaylee McKeown, Iona Anderson;
200m Backstroke: Kaylee McKeown, Jaclyn Barclay;
100m Butterfly: Emma McKeon, Alexandria Perkins;
200m Butterfly: Elizabeth Dekkers, Abbey Connor;
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. - AFP