Cameron McEvoy headlines powerful Australian swimming team for Rio Olympic Games

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McEvoy wins freestyle triple crown

Cameron McEvoy adds the 50-metre freestyle to his 100 and 200-metre victories to become the first man to complete the hat-trick in 34 years.

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With the swim of his life, Jack McLoughlin was the final name to be added to a powerful Australian swimming team for the Rio Games, which was revealed on Thursday night after a week of trials in Adelaide.

The Queenslander's huge effort to finish second behind Mack Horton in the 1500m made him the 21st rookie on the 34-strong team, which also includes 13 returning swimmers and five that are off to their third Olympic Games.

Fantastic form: Cameron McEvoy celebrates winning the 50-metre freestyle. Photo: Getty Images

A number of relay swimmers, including James Magnussen, Matt Abood and James Roberts, will be officially added to the team after May 31 when the rankings are finalised by FINA.

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They paid the price for missing a top 12 ranking at the world championships in Russia last year but swam a blistering time trial on Thursday night that would have been good enough to earn them a bronze medal.

A number of key nations are yet to have their national trials, including the USA, but the Australians will storm out of their trials ranked in 25 medal positions, including 10 golds, nine silver and six bronze.

It will be headlined by 21-year-old Cameron McEvoy, who could be the first Australian swimmer to win six medals at a single Games after a virtuoso performance at the trials, which saw him take out the 50m-100m-200m treble.

Comeback swimmer Alicia Coutts, who won five medals in the pool in London, is the oldest swimmer at 28 while Kyle Chalmers will be the youngest at just 17. He will swim the 100m alongside McEvoy and the relay.

Head coach Jacco Verhaeren said the trials were hugely pleasing but the swimmers must now not only hold that form but improve for the Games.

"It's here at trials that you really show what your capabilities are and being able to convert that on the bigger stage, that's the goal," Verhaeren said.

"For Cam (McEvoy) his times for starters are phenomenal, particularly the 50 and 100 freestyle, it puts him in a good position. But I think we all know and learnt that positions don't mean anything and for him now and for all of us it's really important to stick to the process."

Dolphins team for Rio Olympic Games Jessica Ashwood, Bronte Barratt, Joshua Beaver, Georgia Bohl, Bronte Campbell, Cate Campbell, Kyle Chalmers, Tamsin Cook, Alicia Coutts, Brittany Elmslie, Blair Evans, Thomas Fraser-Holmes, Madeline Groves, Jacob Hansford, Belinda Hocking, Mack Horton, Grant Irvine, Mitch Larkin, Travis Mahoney, Cameron McEvoy, David McKeon, Emma McKeon, Taylor McKeown, Keryn McMaster, David Morgan, Leah Neale, Kotuku Ngawati, Jake Packard, Joshua Palmer, Emily Seebohm, Daniel Smith, Brianna Throssell, Madison Wilson, Jack McLoughlin. TBC by May 31 James Magnussen, Matt Abood, James Roberts.

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