Mollie O'Callaghan has raced to her third medal of the world championships in Budapest by spearheading the Australia 4x200m freestyle relay quartet to silver.
Leah Neale, Kiah Melverton, Madison Wilson and Mollie O'Callaghan with their silver medals during the medal ceremony for the Women's 4x200m Freestyle Final.Mollie O'Callaghan has raced to her third medal of the world championships in Budapest by spearheading the Australia 4x200m freestyle relay quartet to silver.
Their efforts helped bring a smile back to the Dolphins after Shayna Jack had earlier been forced to quit the championships after slipping and broken her hand in a warm-up area. But having competed a breathtaking semi-final of the 100m only an hour and a half earlier, O'Callaghan, the individual 200m silver medallist, she couldn't get near the flying Sims.
That was just one-hundredth of a second slower than her first half of the race and her 52.85sec saw her qualify fastest for Thursday's final, ahead of Sweden's eight-time world champion Sarah Sjostrom, who won the other race in . His own world record of 2:05.95, set at the national championships in Adelaide last month, could well be in danger too as he looked to have more in reserve.
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