With SwimNews. Australian Commonwealth Games silver medallists Tessa Wallace and Samantha Hamill have withdrawn from the world short-course championships in Dubai next month due to injury.

Wallace, who challenged former world record holder and world champion Leisel Jones in the 200m breaststroke at the Games in Delhi last month, has been struggling with a knee injury, while Hamill, who inished second in the 400m medley in Delhi to Scotland's Hannah Miley, has a shoulder injury.