Australian rising star Mollie O’Callaghan has broken her first world record and pipped training teammate Ariarne Titmus in an extraordinary 200m freestyle final at the world swimming championships.
Australian rising star Mollie O’Callaghan has broken her first individual world record and pipped training teammate Ariarne Titmus in an extraordinary 200m freestyle final at the world swimming championships on Wednesday night in Japan.
Mollie O’Callaghan after winning the women’s 200m freestyle swimming final at the World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.Enter O’Callaghan. The 19-year-old came at Titmus right in the dying stages to touch the wall in 1:52.85 and break Federica Pellegrini’s magic mark that is the long-standing women’s longcourse world record.
O’Callaghan won the 100m freestyle at last year’s world championships in Budapest and has added to her collection of gold medals with a breakthrough win in Fukuoka.Credit:The pair are both coached by Dean Boxall, famous for his animated celebration at the Tokyo Olympics after Titmus won gold in the 400m freestyle.
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