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  •   Home > News > Sports > Swimming

    A rebirth of sorts for 50-metre backstroker Andrew Jeffcoat

    A rebirth of sorts for 50-metre backstroker Andrew Jeffcoat


    The incumbent Commonwealth Games champion's qualified for New Zealand's 12-strong swimming squad to attend the world championships in Singapore during July and August.



    World championship debuts have been handed to Amber George, Savannah-Eve Martin, Louis Clark, Finn Harland, Zoe Pedersen and Milana Tapper.

    They'll be joined by Jeffcoat, Lewis Clareburt, Erika Fairweather, Caitlin Deans, Laura Quilter and Eve Thomas.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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     24 May: Olympic swimmer Hazel Ouwehand has stormed home to break the New Zealand record in the 50 metre butterfly at the national championships
     21 May: Two-time Olympian freestyle swimmer Erika Fairweather's giving herself some breathing room at nationals this week
     28 Mar: Swimmer Lewis Clareburt doubts a shoulder niggle will hamper his success in the pool this year
     06 Feb: An investigation's underway after the rare death of someone drowning while swimming between the flags
     05 Feb: Police who came across two teens struggling in the water at Waitangi - say it was a matter of right place, right time
     31 Jan: Dame Sophie Pascoe's old swim coach has reflected on his former charge's career in the pool
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