Short touched the wall in 7:37:76, the fourth fastest time in history and the fastest time ever by an Australian, surpassing Grant Hackett.Īmerican Bobby Finke came home strongly for the bronze. Just to do that, I just think is incredible and I'm excited for what else I can do." "The lead-up to this has been so up and down like a roller-coaster, just with injury and then coming off trials and all that. I was really nervous leading up to this because I didn't know how I was going to race," O'Callaghan told Channel Nine. I just wanted to have fun and just give it a crack. I was not expecting that at all entering this. It was the fifth time that Australian has done a 1-2 in a final at the world championships. Titmus finished in 1:53.01, while Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh came home for the bronze medal in 1:53.65. But O'Callaghan rocketed off the wall, and as the crowd roared the pair home, O'Callaghan edged clear and touched the wall in 1 minute 52.85 seconds. In an incredible finish, Titmus led the field and was three-quarters of a second clear at the final turn. Mollie O'Callaghan - women's 200m freestyle.Kaylee McKeown - women's 100m backstroke.Australia - women's 4x100m freestyle relay.Australia - men's 4x100m freestyle relay.Ariarne Titmus - women's 400m freestyle.Australia has quinellaed the women's 200 metres freestyle final at the World Aquatics Championships in Japan, with Mollie O'Callaghan edging out Ariarne Titmus in world record time.
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