The 20-year-old Queenslander ancored the team to victoryAdds to 800m and 400m golds in Melbourne.
Canada were second in 7:34.47, ahead of the USA in 7:34.70. “I’ve been doing a lot of work around backing up so I had long enough between the 800 and the relay to be able to recover and put up a performance like I did tonight.” “It’s the first time I’ve raced a 4x200m final so I really wanted to put my foot on the line and show the coaches who had faith in me I was able to do the job,” Pallister told reporters. The 20-year-old won gold in the 800m after opening the championships with a 400m victory, and she was able to back up on Wednesday with a stunning final leg in the 4x200m freestyle relay to steer the home team to a record-breaking victory. Leah Neale kept the Australians in front through the third leg before Pallister secured the gold with the fastest split, powering them to finish in 7 minutes 30.87 seconds, eclipsing the Dutch mark of 7:32.85 set in 2014. Madi Wilson led the team out, handing over to Mollie O’Callaghan, who had battled agonising cramps before the race after winning a silver medal in the 100m backstroke.
Lani Pallister has continued her breakout meet at the world short course swimming championships, winning two more gold medals on Wednesday night in ...
[leading Australia to victory and a world record in the 4x100m freestyle relay](https://www.news.com.au/sport/olympics/swimming/ridiculous-emma-mckeon-makes-history-as-aussie-women-smash-world-record/news-story/46695d17af30352aac6ec506efee4628). It’s almost a dream come true. Kaylee McKeown (55.49sec) roared home in the final lap to snatch victory from O’Callaghan (55.62) and add the world short course title to her Olympic and Commonwealth gold medals in the event. The talented backstroker won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics in the mixed 4x100m medley relay and is seen emerging as a star of the future. Australia has won five gold medals on the first two days of the world championships in Melbourne. I definitely didn’t come into this meet thinking that I’d win three gold medals in the first two days of competition. With three golds in two days, Pallister is emerging as the newest bona fide star of the Dolphins team and she will have the chance to add to her medal haul in the 1500m later in the week. “It’s something everyone dreams of. [winning her maiden world title in the 400m freestyle](https://www.news.com.au/sport/olympics/swimming/australias-lani-pallister-wins-400m-freestyle-at-world-short-course-championships/news-story/d9d6b144ca2c0cb5dd276ff436f84ee9), Pallister led from start to finish in the 800m freestyle to blitz the field, breaking her own Australian record in a time of 8:04.07. Pallister had the fastest split of the Australians to pull away from the USA and Canada over the final leg. Less than two hours later, Pallister anchored the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay to gold in 7:30.87, smashing the world record by two seconds in the process. Australia claimed more gold medals on the second night of the world swimming championships as Lani Pallister won her third title.
Lani Pallister won two gold medals on Wednesday night, including a drama-charged 4x200m freestyle relay.
“I had a lot of catching up to do. “I know I’m proud of myself. She was in a lot of strife.” I know they’d be proud of me coming back. I was in a rough spot. I thought I was done … She was in tears. “I was more concerned about losing count [of my laps] to be honest. It’s almost a dream come true.” she couldn’t move in the water. It’s something I’ve been working on and don’t know about,” O’Callaghan said. “I knew I had to give it everything coming home,” McKeown said.
Lani Pallister has added two more gold medals to her tally at the short course world championships, winning the 800 metres freestyle title and the 4x200m ...
Lani Pallister has added another two gold medals to her tally at the world championships Lani Pallister has added two more gold medals to her tally at the short course world championships, winning the 800 metres freestyle title and the 4x200m freestyle in Lani Pallister adds another TWO gold medals to her haul at the world championships as daughter of Australian swimming great Janelle Elford enjoys breakout meet in Melbourne
Two more world records fell on Wednesday evening at the 16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) in the mixed medley relay and the women's 4x200m ...
It was hyped to be a race between the short course world record holder The world record is at 50.25, which doesn’t seem to be too much of a stretch for either McKeon or Haughey, who are second and fourth on the all-time rankings. Pre-race favourite and World Cup triple crown winner [Dylan Carter](https://www.fina.org/athletes/1019885/dylan-carter) of Trinidad & Tobago finished sixth at 22.14. Santos owns the record for oldest medallist at the World short course and long course championships, both of which he accomplished this year in 2022. Murphy has long been one of the best backstrokers in the world, winning both the 100m and 200m golds at the 2016 Olympics, and was also a World short course medallist in 2012 at age 17 in the 200m backstroke. I have travelled to more than 40 countries but tonight was the last event of my career and I want to say a big thank you to World Aquatics. Now he has won three straight, including a new championship record at 21.78, just missing his own world record he shares with [Szebasztian Szabo](https://www.fina.org/athletes/1168177/szebasztian-szabo) at 21.75. “A world record in the relay, I think we went half a second faster than we thought we were going to go. [anyone’s race coming into the championships](https://www.fina.org/news/2981586/ten-races-to-watch-at-the-fina-world-swimming-championships-25m-2022-in-melbourne) and it lived up to our predictions. [Lani Pallister](https://www.fina.org/athletes/1057125/lani-pallister) celebrated an individual gold medal, this time in the 800m freestyle after winning the 400m on Tuesday. McKeown, the long course world record holder, won her second medal of the week after her bronze in the 200m IM on Tuesday evening. Two more world records fell on Wednesday evening at the 16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) in the mixed medley relay and the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay.
Australia enjoyed another successful night in the pool at the FINA World Shortcourse Swimming Championships on Wednesday.
[disciplinary reasons related to the misuse of medication](https://www.sportingnews.com/au/swimming/news/australian-swimmer-isaac-cooper-sent-home-training-camp-releases-statement-instagram/sktapg3mlreqnho46twizloc). [Emma McKeon powers Australia to world record](https://www.sportingnews.com/au/swimming/news/emma-mckeon-powers-australia-gold-medal-world-record/oeawkt6flkgv3nnz8ytl78xw) [Australia's 2022 Google search trends revealed](https://www.sportingnews.com/au/tennis/news/tennis-dominates-australia-2022-google-sport-search-trends/kwkr1tjcvkfqacokycaag3an) [winning her first world title](https://www.sportingnews.com/au/swimming/news/emma-mckeon-powers-australia-gold-medal-world-record/oeawkt6flkgv3nnz8ytl78xw) in the 400m freestyle, the 20-year-old started just as she left off, claiming a dominant victory in the 800m freestyle. [FINA World Shortcourse Swimming Championships](https://www.sportingnews.com/au/swimming/news/fina-world-swimming-championships-watch-when-where-prize-money/al4cieivpgpftx3ppaj8w89a) on Wednesday. [Channel 9](https://wwos.nine.com.au/swimming/fina-world-swimming-championships-mollie-ocallaghan-overcomes-brutal-cramp-to-help-aussies-to-gold-medal-world-record-in-womens-4x200m-freestyle-relay/af9ba948-dbbf-4b02-9794-3d9e5a99f967) that her initial discomfort was due to a rectus abdominis cramp.
After multiple health issues in the past two years, this rising star of the pool was almost lost to the sport forever.
Pallister was on the radar of Australian swimming before she hit a speedbump. “(But) without my teammates this would not have been possible ... She is an incredible athlete and has been an inspiration to me since I was 12 years old. She has also had to deal with glandular fever over the last two years. I am far more comfortable in the 800m and 1500m distances,” Pallister said. It would be an amazing story.” it was the coolest environment. “I was able to show that I was a versatile swimmer. “It was an amazing day and I was very, very nervous this morning. “That was my first ever 4x200m final, I was a heats swimmer at the beginning of the year. I am pleased to get this win out of the way. “At the 300m mark I realised that I had legs and I made sure to use them and take a stab at the gold medal.