FINA World Championships

2022 - 12 - 14

As it Happened | Double World Record Night in Melbourne (FINA)

Relive Day 1! All the instant athlete reactions, photos and race insights from Melbourne at the 16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) 2022.

Like others, I stepped out of the junior ranks and I have been fortunate to keep checking off boxes on this journey in my career." At the 300m mark I realized that I had legs and I made sure to use them and take a stab at the gold medal. I am pleased to get this win out of the way. It felt great to come back after this morning and it was really important for me to be relaxed tonight. "It feels nice, and I was just so close to second. I knew I was being chased and I was racing in short bursts until finally I made a move to win." And I'm just at the beginning." I will be swimming the 400 IM and as of now I really don't have any expectations in that race. I swam this race, especially for my Mom and I want to thank my friends and my family. It's really a dream and now I’m excited to keep going until Paris 2024." So this really was a good result." "It's great to be back on top after not winning this event in short course meters for a really long time.

Botched gamble costs Aussies shot at world title (Wide World of Sports)

Australia's mixed 4x50m medley relay team failed to reach the final at the 2022 Swimming World Championships.

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'Insane': Aussie swim star our newest world champ (NEWS.com.au)

Australia has a new world swimming champion after Lani Pallister won the 400m freestyle in the first event of the world short course titles in Melbourne on ...

McKeown survived a tough back-up to qualify six fastest in that event. “I’m excited to see her on pool deck and it’s nice for her to have a break off the year that she’s had this year. It’s an incredible opportunity to have a meet like this on home soil.” Her career’s been something that’s really inspiring for me as a younger athlete looking up. Now being on teams with her is just incredible.” I had lost my love for the sport.

Australia, Italy break World Records at the FINA World ... (Sportstar)

Emma McKeon led Australia to a new world record in the women's 4x100m freestyle relay on day one of the World Short Course Championships in Melbourne on ...

“It’s a dream come true,” said Pallister. “My parents are in the stands and winning this first medal in front of a home crowd in Australia is special.” The Italian men were also firing with Alessandro Miressi, Paolo Conte Bonin, Leonardo Deplano and Thoma Ceccon outpacing Australia to set a new world record of 3:02.75. “It’s extra special doing it in front of a home crowd,” said McKeon. Emma McKeon led Australia to a new world record in the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay on day one of the World Short Course Championships in Melbourne on Tuesday, while Italy shattered the men’s mark. The Australians -- Mollie O’Callaghan, Madi Wilson, Meg Harris and McKeon -- stopped the clock at 3mins 25.43secs to obliterate the old best of 3:26.53 set by the Netherlands in 2014.

Haughey fastest in heats as she starts world title defence in Melbourne (South China Morning Post)