She hit the wall at Australia’s Olympic trials ahead of O’Callaghan, who also went under her previous world record of 1:52.85, surging home in 1:52.48.
Ariarne Titmus
Ariarne Titmus shattered fellow Australian Mollie O’Callaghan’s 200m freestyle world record on Wednesday, touching in 1min 52.23secs just weeks before defending her Olympic title in Paris.
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She hit the wall at Australia’s Olympic trials ahead of O’Callaghan, who also went under her previous world record of 1:52.85, surging home in 1:52.48. Titmus was 0.81sec under the pace at 100m, holding on as her teammate pushed her to the limit.
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