Athletes dive into the 2025 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships

For the primary time since 2019 the Australian Short Course Championships will probably be again in Melbourne at MSAC from October 1-3, because of the Significant Sporting Events Program.

This would be the first nationwide occasion on the just lately refurbished outside pool and can supply the possibility to showcase MSAC as a premier sporting facility which caters for all athletes from elite to grassroots.

Our iconic Dolphins will return to Victoria and benefit from the world-class amenities that world 50m breaststroke champion Sam Williamson and Olympic Open Water swimmer Nicholas Sloman name house.

Jodie Hawkins, Executive General Manager, Commercial, for Swimming Australia stated they had been excited to ship the final championships of the 12 months at MSAC with the help of Sport and Recreation Victoria.

‘This is a premium facility that we now have entry to in Melbourne and it’s great to be again.

‘The championships will function a 25-meter race. This is a subject of dialog on this planet of swimming proper now, and we get the possibility to see how briskly we will push that 25 meters and construct it into our occasion portfolio,’ Jodie stated.

Four-time Paralympian and silver medallist Ahmed Kelly stated he was coming off a excessive into the brief course and was wanting ahead to a few days of quick paced racing.

‘I’m so excited to be again in Melbourne, to have the brief course at house is unbelievable, it’s considered one of my favorite competitions of the 12 months,’ Ahmed stated.

Dual Olympian Matthew Temple stated he was stoked to be racing brief course once more.

‘I swam effectively in Singapore and Budapest, and the success has made me hungry. It’s additionally nice to see the younger ones come by and race towards them, it’s thrilling,’ Matthew stated.

With 500 athletes, 900 help workers and coaches and over 2,000 spectators anticipated to take part, the 2025 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships are set to make waves.