The 2023 Australian Swimming Trials are scheduled to be held from 13 to 18 June 2023 at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre in

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, Victoria to determine Australia's swimming team for the

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, Japan. A host of Dolphins will miss the event and World Championship selection due to injury, including 2020 Olympian

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who has required surgery to repair torn cartilage in her right hip.

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will also miss the event after undergoing surgery to remove a benign tumour in his spinal canal. Breaststroker

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is another withdrawal from the event having not overcome a knee injury, while

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will not compete after having commenced a shoulder rehabilitation program.

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was a late withdrawal from the meet with a rib injury. On the final day of the event,

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selected a 38-person team. The team consists of 31 aquatic swimmers and 8 open water swimmers.

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will swim in both disciplines, having qualified in the 1500m freestyle and 5km open water events. Bianca Crisp, Kai Taylor and Jack Wilson are set to make their Dolphins debut in

Schedule

M = Morning session, E = Evening session

Qualification criteria

will select a 56-person team, with a maximum of 28 male athletes and 28 females athletes. The first and second placed swimmers in the open final of any individual Olympic event will be selected provided they meet qualification times set out below by Swimming Australia.

Medal winners

The medallist for the open events are below.

Men

Men multi-class

Women

Women multi-class

Records

During the 2023 Australian Swimming Trials the following records were set.

All Comers and Championship records

Team Selection

The following 38 swimmers were selected as part of the Dolphins team which was finalised on 18 June 2023.

Broadcast

In April 2023, it was announced that the Nine Network's streaming service

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had secured an exclusive broadcast streaming deal with Swimming Australia, after the network had previously committed to broadcasting the next five Olympic Games as well as the

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. The commentary team will be led by Matt Welsh, with every heat and final available to be streamed.

References

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