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Courtesy: Chris Langdon
Australian swimming has a problem between Olympic cycles.
The athletes are extraordinary. The audiences disappear. Cage Race II – TORRENT is one attempt to change that.
In one of the first events of its kind, three Olympic and Commonwealth Games medallists will race alongside emerging talent in a revolutionary mixed-sex sprint series at Miami Aquatic on Friday night — scrapping swimming’s traditional rules.
Cage Race II – TORRENT is an athlete-led initiative exploring how Australia’s most popular Olympic sport can engage television audiences between Games cycles.
TORRENT fuses: Ten x 50m sprints. Diminishing rest. As the body loads with lactate and muscles begin to fail, what separates athletes is no longer just speed — it is the capacity to tolerate sustained discomfort and hold form. That capacity is individual. Research suggests it also differs between sexes. One sprint favours the fastest. Ten sprints favor the toughest. Men and women race in the same water simultaneously. Separate male and female winners are determined by the fastest aggregated time across all 10 sprints.
But in a format built around accumulated fatigue rather than peak output, women can compete on equal terms — and threaten the field outright.
Lane ropes out. Turbulence in. Anti-wave lane ropes are removed, opening the pool. Swimmers share the water — and the wash.
The 15-metre underwater rule is scrapped. There is no limit on how far a swimmer can dolphin kick while submerged. Any swimmer can cancel the rest break by calling for a start. The swimmer with the fastest aggregated time across the series wins.
Competitors
Jamie Jack – World Cup gold medallist and one of Australia’s fastest 50m freestylers. William Yang – Commonwealth Games double gold medallist and Olympic silver medallist. David Morgan – Dual Olympian and Olympic bronze medallist. Grayson Bell – Commonwealth Games finalist and Oceania record holder. Mia O’Leary – Australian ‘A’ representative and sprint specialist. Wild cards: Sophia Gahan, Charlotte Hinze, Blake Bebendorf, Maddie Howell and Kiera Bell.The event is directed by Race Director Ed Anderson — former Olympic Trials competitor and coach at Rackley Swimming — and supported by Professor Peter Reaburn, former Head of Exercise and Sports Science at Bond University, award-winning sports scientist and President of Miami Masters Swimming Club.
TORRENT takes place at 6 pm on Feb. 27, immediately after Miami’s Friday Night Club session at Miami Aquatic Centre, Pizzey Park, Miami.
Underwater cameras will be in the water during racing. Media have full pool deck access.
TORRENT is a pilot for a full season of elite independent sprint racing on the Gold Coast, launching in September 2026.
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