O'Neill won the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 24.95 seconds ... but that competition is good because you can use the people racing next to you motivate you to make you swim faster," senior ...

Susie O’Neill went into Sydney 2000 as the darling of Australian swimming. Aside from her peerless quality as a butterfly swimmer, she was revered for her down to earth nature, humility and work ethic ...

Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today O’Neill didn’t even realise she’d achieved the feat at the time. Speaking to Sunrise, the swimming champ nicknamed ‘Madame Butterfly’ said it was part ...

Susan O’Neill ended her lustrous swimming career with eight Olympic medals - an Australian women’s record, shared with Dawn Fraser and Petria Thomas. (Ian Thorpe, with nine, is the only Australian ...

Susie O'Neill was the world record holder and the favourite to win ... In a breakfast TV exclusive interview with Sunrise, the swimming legend explained why it took her so long to watch the footage ...