Aussie star pulls out of ‘race of the century’ in shock Olympics move
The Australia n swimmer’s decision to withdraw from the highly-anticipated 400m showdown between Ariarne Titmus, Canadian teen freak Summer McIntosh and American legend Katie Ledecky is one of six changes to the Aussie team announced on Saturday.
Pallister has withdrawn from the 400m to focus on the 800m and 1500m — already loaded up with other relay events. Aussie star Mollie O’Callaghan has also withdrawn from the 100m backstroke to focus on the other events in her stacked meet schedule. O’Callaghan will still battle alongside Titmus in the 200m freestyle where they both have a very real chance of coming away with medals following the shock withdrawals of McIntosh and Ledecky from the 200m distance event.
Pallister’s decision, meanwhile, opens the door for 2023 World Junior champions Jamie Perkins to compete in the 400m freestyle after she finished third at the Australian Olympic trials in Brisbane last month.Iona Anderson has also been called up to compete in the 100m backstroke following O’Callaghan’s withdrawal.— Ella Ramsey will not contesting the 100m breaststroke. It means Jenna Strauch will be the only Australian in the event.— Sam Short has added the 1500m event to his meet schedule.
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