Australian swimmer Shayna Jack’s world championships are over after she broke a hand in a warm-up area
. Jack had collected gold and silver medals in relay events ahead of her scheduled individual swims at the world titles in Budapest but the 23-year-old, on return to international competition after a two-year doping ban, was hurt in a freak accident on Wednesday.
Jack said she would now turn her attention to competing at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham starting 28 July. “As I always do, I turn my focus to the future and that is the Commonwealth Games,” she posted. “Starting this afternoon I will be back in the pool for a kick session.” Meanwhile, Mollie O’Callaghan raced to her third medal of the world championships by spearheading the Australia 4x200m freestyle relay quartet to silver. Though she could not bring home the main prize on the anchor leg in Wednesday’s final, the 18-year-old star also demonstrated earlier with an amazing swim in the 100m freestyle that a second gold could soon be on its way.
After fine work from Claire Weinstein, Leah Smith and the great Katie Ledecky, who produced a decisive third leg, Sims brought the US home in a championship record 7 minutes 41.45 seconds, well clear of Australia .
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