World record holder Mollie O’Callaghan upstaged Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus in the year’s fastest 200m freestyle Saturday, while Kaylee McKeown narrowly missed her own 200m backstroke world best.
Kyle Chalmers was also in blistering form at the Australia n championships, swimming a lightning 100m free to lay down a marker ahead of the Olympics.
Australia’s Olympic trials are at Brisbane in June, with the 20-year-old potentially targeting six gold medals in Paris this summer.She clocked the fastest 200m backstroke of the year ahead of American arch-rival Regan Smith by powering home in 2:03.84 to miss her world record by just seven-tenths of a second.
The 22-year-old confirmed she will swim the 200 medley at the Olympic trials, along with the backstroke events, but not the 400 medley.
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