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2025 AUSTRALIA vs THE WORLD
Friday, December 12th The Valley Pool, Fortitude Valley, Queensland, Australia SCM (25m) Meet Central Meet Rules SwimSwam PreviewThe unique 2025 Australia vs The World swim meet begins tomorrow, Friday, December 11th where we’ll see the likes of Aussies Cam McEvoy and Kaylee McKeown race against visiting dynamos from Italy, Great Britain, Germany and beyond.
Refresh yourself on the format and point system using the links above before checking in on what several high-profile stars had to say less than a day away from the first event.
Quotes courtesy of Swimming Australia
Cameron McEvoy (AUS)
When I finished Paris, (my weight) was about 88 kilos. I had a good year where I kind of relaxed a little bit, had a few too many pancakes and chocolate crepes, and hit 95 kilos the middle of this year.
“So I’m in the process of unwinding that and getting back into good shape … but I have got to say I am actually nervous about the tumble turn.
“I was never really good at them and I haven’t done one at race pace for five years … so I am not really sure how that that is going to turn out for me.
“Swimming has been the same product for some time … other sports have evolved and absorbed exciting, fast paced, short-form versions of themselves and had success.
“Swimming needs to continue to test this within our own sport in the hope of finding a niche product that will excite the public.
“It’s got the 3x 25m events, so I’m loving that. I’m still on the experimental side of things and I’m doing new things every season … I basically was only doing gym until about four weeks ago. I’m moving well, I feel good and I’m throwing weights around pretty well in the gym. So, I’ll continue to do that for as long as it’s fun.
“To get the World Team that they have to come out to Brisbane at this time of year is impressive and I think the calibre of athletes here shows that this format is needed and that people are looking for this within the sport. For Australia to be the ground zero for unearthing this and putting it out into the world of swimming is something special. I would love to see a full series made out of this and to compete in venues all over Australia.”
Kaylee McKeown (AUS)
“This year has been really busy. I wasn’t expecting to get the times I swam. I was kind of using it (this year) as a bit of a chill year but it has been quite the opposite. So, I’ve kind of switched off towards the end of this year, having Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacs in the next year’s schedule. So, this event is going to be a bit of fun for most of the Aus team.
“It’s really good to have these kind of events and to have it start in Australia, especially, there’s not really anything like this in the world at the moment. I think we’re trying to take a new avenue … so I’m excited to see what this has in store for swimmers, not only in Australia but across the world as well and especially leading into Brisbane 2032.
“It’s so important to get a home crowd invested in the sport of swimming and I think we go really unrecognised, considering we bring the most amount of Olympic medals … so, I think with more investing more into these types of events and just being in the public eye is going to be really good for us across the board. I’m excited because this is almost like a bit of training and I love training, probably a little bit more than racing, so I’m interested to see how this goes.”
Thomas Ceccon (ITA)
“To have the top athletes of the world versus the top athletes of Australia should be fun and a good race. I’m always doing different events but this competition is quite different, so it could be finer (better) than normal. The idea (of Aus vs The World) is pretty good. It’s fantastic, we race together again so it’s good.
“I’m doing one, two months here with him (Dean Boxall). For us, it’s a different time in Australia. We are done with short course and we start long course from January, so it’s a fresh start. I’m here for the weather, for training with Dean, for training differently. I’m glad to be here. I love Dean. I love training, so I’m happy to be back.”
Erika Fairweather (NZL)
“I think it’s an exciting meet for the spectators and an exciting meet for us athletes as well because we get to do different events. They’re (the events) are kind of structured a little bit differently to mainstream meets.
“I love any high-quality racing I can get close to home. We have to go to Europe all the time and it’s a little bit tough. So, anything I can get close to New Zealand is good for me.
“My 400m freestyle is kind of stretched a little bit differently. It’s just points after each 100m (which) I guess it gives you the opportunity to kind of swim it differently with different strategies than you’re used to.”
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