A Sydney swim coach has died in hospital, a month after he was convicted of raping and sexually abusing six of his teenage students. Dick Caine, 78, was in palliative care with terminal cancer. His death from the illness was confirmed on Wednesday morning. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today Last month, … Read more
Olympic swimming champion Stephanie Rice has announced her engagement to partner Mark Lassey just weeks after the pair confirmed their relationship. On Thursday night, the 36-year-old former swimmer, who is currently living in Dubai, revealed Lassey – a Perth pastor and father-of-three – had proposed at Atlantis the Royal in Dubai. “Here’s to fresh starts … Read more
Aussie swimming champion Brianna Throssell has announced her engagement while on a luxury holiday in Europe post-Paris Olympics. The 28-year-old from Subiaco is relaxing on a European holiday she will never forget after saying yes to the love of her life (health and fitness enthusiast Josh Milner) on the Amalfi Coast in Italy. Throssell took … Read more
The identity of a former elite swimming coach can now be revealed after it was proven he perpetrated dozens of horrific sexual assaults on six young athletes who trained under him in the 1970s and ‘80s. Richard ‘Dick’ Caine, now aged in his late 70s, was on Wednesday found to have committed 39 acts, including … Read more
Olympic gold medallist Shayna Jack has announced her engagement to Australian hockey player, Joel Rintala. In a joint post, the sporting power couple simply wrote the date of their special day: “10•08•2024”. That means they got engaged over two weeks ago, when the Olympics were still running in Paris — though the swimming program had … Read more
Australian swimming legend Bronte Campbell is set to marry her long-time boyfriend Benfield Lainchbury. The champion swimmer took to social media to share the engagement news on Friday, posting a video and series of photos from Venice. Campbell and Lainchbury have clearly been enjoying their post-Olympics European vacation, and Campbell was in a playful mood … Read more
Have you ever sat on the bottom of a swimming pool and pondered your watery ceiling? Most of the surface is a sheet of light blue, and you can’t see through it, even though the water is clear. But right above you, there’s a round window of transparency. And here’s the awesome thing: Through this … Read more
Olympic swimming great Ariarne Titmus has shared an “absolutely beautiful” moment with dad Steve and mum Robyn after returning home to Australia on Tuesday. Dozens of Olympians landed at Sydney Airport to a throng of family, friends and supporters. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Emotions spill over in Ariarne Titmus reunion. Know the news with the … Read more
A swimmer from Paraguay — who is also an Instagram sensation with almost 600,000 followers — has been kicked out of the Olympic Village in Paris. The country’s Olympic chief, Larissa Schaerer, has revealed that 20-year-old Luana Alonso was told to leave the village for creating an “inappropriate atmosphere”. Alonso’s Olympics ended when she failed … Read more
Ariarne Titmus has sensationally revealed she will step away from swimming with no set return date in the wake of an exhausting Olympics campaign in Paris. The Australian freestyle superstar claimed 400m and 4x200m relay gold medals while picking up silver in the 200m and 800m, and she may not race again for well over … Read more
