2026 Commonwealth Video games
Mollie O’Callaghan didn’t flip up for her warmth within the girls’s 50 again this morning, leaving lane 4 empty within the penultimate warmth.
She was the second-fastest seed in a time of 27.19, which she clocked at Australian Trials the place she completed second to Kaylee McKeown‘s 27.13. Of be aware, McKeown has withdrawn from all competitors this summer season to recuperate from mononucleosis.
O’Callaghan’s scratch this morning is probably going made with one eye on the 100 free remaining tonight. She is the defending champion in that occasion after successful in a time of 52.63 4 years in the past. She is the quickest seed for the ultimate this night after touching in 53.29 within the semi-finals final night time.
She has the quickest lifetime greatest (52.08) and season greatest (52.33) of anybody within the remaining, and already has a gold medal at this meet from the 200 free. She received that occasion on Saturday in a time of 1:54.66, practically two seconds slower than the 1:52.86 she posted at Australian Trials.
O’Callaghan had introduced that she was affected by a again damage by means of these Trials, which had beforehand led to her being suggested to not race for the remainder of the season. The outlook has improved since then, permitting her to race this week and on the Pan Pacific Championships in two week’s time.
Nevertheless, she has not appeared in the identical type as she has in earlier years, and even that she was in earlier this season. She cut up 52.81 on the ladies’s 4×100 free relay on day 1, however was left off the blended 4×100 free relay crew on day 2 to keep away from a double with the 200 free remaining.
Because it stands, she figures to have two occasions this night with the 100 free remaining and the ladies’s 4×200 free relay. With Australia prone to dominate that relay after claiming three of the highest 5 spots within the girls’s 200 free remaining, we might see her left off if she is managing her damage.
O’Callaghan received silver on the 2022 Commonwealth Video games within the 50 again, touching in 27.47 behind Canadian Kylie Masse‘s Commonwealth Video games document of 27.31. Masse was the quickest qualifier this morning in 27.79, the one lady beneath 28 seconds.
