Australia's O'Callaghan shatters world record in women's 200m freestyle
FUKUOKA, Japan : Australia's Mollie O'Callaghan finished with a flourish to break the longest-standing world record in women's swimming, claiming the 200 metres freestyle title in a time of one minute, 52.85 seconds at the World Aquatics Championships on Wednesday.
"I'm absolutely excited. I was not expecting that at all entering this. I just wanted to have fun and just give it a crack. I was really nervous leading up to this because I didn't know how I was going to race," O'Callaghan told Channel Nine. Frenchman Leon Marchand made the most of Milak's withdrawal to capture his second gold of the championships after his world-record effort in the 400m individual medley.
The 24-year-old had gone quickest with a new Asian best of 26.20 seconds in the preliminary event and came home in 26.29 in the final to edge American Nic Fink who was 0.30 seconds slower. China's Sun Jiajun rounded off the podium in 26.79.
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