SUPERSTARS AND LEGENDS LINE UP FOR TELSTRA SKINS

THE SKINS ARE BACK! The cream of Australia's Telstra Dolphins Australian Swim team - including world record holders Stephanie Rice, Eamon Sullivan, Libby Trickett, Jade Edmistone and Sophie Edington will line up in the $100,000 Telstra Skins at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre on Tuesday night, March 24 at 7pm.

The invitation-only Skins have become of the most exciting racing formats on the Swimming Australia calendar.

To celebrate the launch of ONE, Network TEN's 24-hour free-sports channel, Swimming Australia, in conjunction with sponsors Telstra have added the event to the 2009 calendar.

Individual events will be held for men and women in 50m freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly, the popular 200m Mystery Medley, the "broken" 400m freestyle, the 4 x 50m mixed (2 female and 2 male) freestyle and medley relays.

The legends of Australian Swimming, including Olympic gold medallists Susie O'Neill, Jon Sieben, John Konrads, Chris Fydler, Michelle Ford, Sandra Morgan and Gail Neall will also line up in the All Time-All Stars Relay.

Ticketing: Tickets for the 2009 Telstra SKINS will be available from 17 March at the Ticketek booth outside the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre.

Prices: Adult: $10; Junior (4-16 years): $6; Student: $6; Pensioner: $6

Special Ticket Offer: Present a ticket from the Telstra Australian Swimming Championships (17-22 March) to the Ticketek booth outside Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre, and receive a 1/2 price ticket to the 2009 Telstra SKINS.