Mollie O’callaghan Equals Ian Thorpe’s Record With 11th World Championship Gold

Mollie O’Callaghan has equalled nan Australian grounds for world title golds aft anchoring nan women to triumph successful nan 4x200m freestyle relay successful Singapore.

By securing her 11th profession world title connected Thursday night, nan 21-year-old equalled Ian Thorpe’s Australian record.

O’Callaghan is favourite to triumph her 12th golden successful nan 100m freestyle connected Friday nighttime aft reaching nan last arsenic fastest qualifier. “It was beautiful unsmooth backing it up ... (but) it’s a dream to beryllium portion of this team,” she said.

The triumph of O’Callaghan, Lani Pallister, Jamie Perkins and Brittany Castelluzzo was Australia’s third relay gold of nan meet and came arsenic nan Dolphins besides bagged 2 bronze medals connected Thursday night.

Kyle Chalmers (men’s 100m freestyle) and Lizzie Dekkers (women’s 200m butterfly) some reached nan podium and it intends Australia clasp apical spot connected nan badge tally pinch 5 golds, 1 metallic and 5 bronze. The United States are 2nd connected 4 golds.

Chalmers made it a 14th profession badge astatine world titles but didn’t find nan golden he was hoping for as he vanished down Romania’s David Popovici (46.51 seconds) and American Jack Alexy (46.92).

However, he remains assured that he tin break nan sub-47 2nd people successful nan 100m freestyle.

Chalmers clocked 47.17 and is yet to aquatics nan title successful little than 47 seconds, which is now nan realm of world winners.

“I person been training difficult for that moment, I desperately wanted to get a 46 retired tonight, but it wasn’t rather there,” he told Channel Nine. “But to get connected nan podium is truthful special.”

Chalmers has doubly logged individual champion times of 47.08 and astatine nan property of 27 believes he tin still amended – but he now has different priorities.

Chalmers and his partner, Norwegian swimmer Ingeborg Loyning, are expecting their first kid adjacent month.

“I’m conscionable really excited to spell location now and go a dad, that is my biggest privilege this twelvemonth – that (swim) was conscionable a spot of fun,” he said.

Chalmers besides won golden successful Singapore erstwhile anchoring Australia’s 4x100m freestyle relay squad connected Sunday’s opening night.

Earlier connected Thursday night, Chalmers’ teammate Dekkers took nan bronze successful a women’s 200m butterfly won by Canadian prima Summer McIntosh – nan 18-year-old’s 3rd golden of nan titles.

“Physically, I’m not astatine my best,” Dekkers said. “So I knew that mentally, I had to beryllium location ... I emotion racing, and that’s why we each do this, because there’s thing astir opinionated down nan blocks that we each love.”

Mollie O’Callaghan cruised done her women’s 100m freestyle semi-final and into Friday night’s badge title arsenic fastest qualifier.

O’Callaghan, already pinch golds successful nan 200m freestyle and women’s 4x100m relay successful Singapore, won her semi successful 52.82 seconds but chap Australian Olivia Wunsch withdrew owed to illness.

O’Callaghan later Thursday nighttime will title successful nan women’s 4x200m freestyle relay and, if victorious, will adjacent Ian Thorpe’s Australian grounds for astir golds astatine world titles, 11.