Mollie O'Callaghan has won the women's 200m freestyle at the Australian Swimming Trials, but was disappointed to be well off her personal best time.
Mollie O'Callaghan has won the women's 200m freestyle at the Australian Swimming Trials , but was disappointed to be well off her personal best time.
But her time of 1 minute 54.43 seconds was more than 1.5 seconds slower than her personal best — the world record she held before Titmus took it."I was a bit off today," she said on Wednesday night in Adelaide."I'm trying too hard not to think about the time, it's all about racing at the moment. "This year's about having fun, but there's been a lot of curveballs thrown at me, so it's making it very hard to have fun.
"You know I put a lot of pressure on myself but externally a lot of people expect a lot out of me, but they don't really see the work that goes behind it or what I've been through."ABC Sport Daily is your daily sports conversation. We dive into the biggest story of the day and get you up to speed with everything else that's making headlines.
"So, as much as she says that it wasn't a good swim, she's just incredible with what she does and what she can do." Cameron McEvoy said he also experienced the same comedown after winning gold in the men's 50m freestyle in Paris."You go from your world being extremely tiny, where it's just swim, sleep, eat, and that's it.
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