Swimming-Australia to make show of strength at Olympic trialsBy Ian RansomMELBOURNE (Reuters) – The eyes of the swimming world will be fixed on the Brisbane Aquatic Centre from Monday as Australia’s roster of Olympic and world champions battle at national trials for tickets to the Paris Games. Zac Stubblety-Cook will also feature at the trials as he looks to book his Olympic title defence in the men’s 200 metres breaststroke. Timekeepers will be on world record watch when Olympic 100m and 200m backstroke champion McKeown launches in her pet events. McKeown reset her 100m backstroke world record last year and also swiped the 200m record from American Regan Smith. With the last day in Brisbane overlapping with the first of the U.S. Olympic trials in Indianapolis, Australia will hope to set a high bar before the swimming powers face off at Paris.

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