China's Qin Haiyang shattered the world record in the men's 200 metres breaststroke event at the World Aquatics Championships on Friday, charging to the gold medal in a time of two minutes, 05.48 seconds to complete a sweep over three distances.
Asked about his feat of shaving nearly half a second off Stubblety-Cook's mark, Qin said: "It's not my dream. I dream of the 100m world record."
Australia had dominated the event with three titles in the previous five championships thanks to victories by O'Callaghan at Budapest in 2022, Bronte Campbell at Kazan in 2015 and Cate Campbell at Barcelona in 2013. "Having fun is the most important part. Going into previous meets, I was just so nervous all the time and worrying and this is the first time that I've actually felt quite calm and just enjoying every little bit."Friday's triumph was O'Callaghan's fourth gold of the meet, following wins as part of Australia's 4x100m freestyle relay and 4x200m freestyle relay teams - also in record times.
In the women's 200m breaststroke, South Africa's Tatjana Schoenmaker set the benchmark with the quickest semi-final time and the 26-year-old cruised to her first gold at this year's meet after a silver over 100m earlier in the week.
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