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Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers has let his youthful rivals know that he is prepared to steer them on a journey in direction of the Paris Video games subsequent yr, successful the nationwide 100m freestyle title on the ultimate evening of the Australian Swimming Championships.
The 24-year-old South Australian, who led from begin to end, clocked 48.00 seconds to see off youngsters Kai Taylor (48.41) and Flynn Southam (48.53) on the Gold Coast Aquatic Heart on Thursday.
“These boys are the explanation I stand up each day – they encourage me to stand up and get after it and they’re the longer term,” stated Chalmers, who admitted he has by no means been happier in his swimming profession.
The evening started with a second world document swim from Paralympian Timothy Hodge, once more reducing his personal 200m IM mark which he had damaged in Melbourne earlier within the yr after which once more on Thursday morning.
The 20-year-old from Sydney clocked 2min 12.06sec and was later named within the 32-strong crew for this yr’s Para World Championships in July-August in Manchester.
“I’ve obtained to say I am very, very pleased with that point and to interrupt that world document twice was superb,” Hodge stated.
World champion Mollie O’Callaghan claimed the ladies’s 200m freestyle crown in a time of 1:55.15, forward of Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus (1:55.28) and Shayna Jack (1:55.37).
Queenslander O’Callaghan added to her final gasp win over Jack within the 100m and her private finest occasions within the 50 and 100m backstroke to wrap up a profitable meet.
Within the ladies’s 200m backstroke, 16-year-old Brisbane schoolgirl Jaclyn Barclay (2:11.50) lunged on the wall to take her maiden open title from Hannah Fredericks (2:11.72) and Jenna Forrester (2:11.95).
Twin Olympian Brianna Throssell added the 100m butterfly to her 50m ‘fly win, touching in 57.57 to pip Alexandria Perkins (57.64) and Kayla Costa (59.37).
Matt Temple received the 200m butterfly in 1:56.96, whereas Olympic bronze medalist Brendon Smith snatched the 400IM title from Tokyo teammate Se-Bom Lee.
The final particular person occasion of the championships featured Tokyo Olympic finalist Madeleine Gough successful the 1500m freestyle in 16:08.76.
