New-look Australia swim team use Worlds Championships to build towards LA 2028

Seasoned campaigners Kaylee McKeown and Kyle Chalmers spearhead a young Australia squad for the World Championships in Singapore as the swimming powerhouse undergoes a post-Olympics changing of the guard.

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Since Paris, where Australia won seven golds to the eight by the US, several big names have either retired or are resting.

The women are headlined by McKeown, who successfully defended her 100m and 200m backstroke titles in Paris.

She will also swim the 50m in Singapore -- an event added to the Olympic programme in 2028 -- looking to emulate the treble she won at the 2023 world championships.

Australia’s most successful Olympian, Emma McKeon, has hung up her goggles as have other stalwarts including Mitch Larkin, Brianna Throssell and Jenna Strauch.

Four-time Olympic gold medallist Ariarne Titmus -- who lost her 400m freestyle world record to Canadian Summer McIntosh last month -- is on an extended break.