Para-swimming star shatters world record (2024)

Zachary Gates

Updated June 12, 2024 - 11.50am. First published at 7.49am

Goodnight!

And that concludes an exhilarating night of swimming at Brisbane Aquatic Centre.

The 200m freestyle battle between Ariarne Titmus and Mollie O'Callaghan was a highlight, as was Cameron McEvoy's sizzling 50m freestyle swim.

Keep an eye out for more content on wwos.com.au and nine.com.au tonight and over the coming days.

Goodnight.

Swimming trials LIVE: Karl, JT make a splash in celebrity race

And for a bit of a laugh to cap off the night, a stack of media personalities and sporting greats squared off in a celebrity race.

Karl Stefanovic and Johnathan Thurston were on the all-star cast.

Check out the race below!

Swimming trials LIVE: Butterfly winner falls short of time required

Bowen Gough wins the men's 200m butterfly final but falls short of Swimming Australia's Olympic qualification standard.

He clocks 1:56.18 as Harrison Turner, the second-placed swimmer, posts 1:57.07.

The time required was 1:54.97.

Swimming trials LIVE: McEvoy blitzes 50m dash

Cameron McEvoy, who's overhauled his approach to swimming in a dramatic way since the Tokyo Olympics, has taken out the men's 50m freestyle with a time of 21.35.

He also smashed Swimming Australia's Paris 2024 qualification time, guaranteeing selection for his fourth Olympic Games.

He will become the first male Australian swimmer to contest four Olympic campaigns.

Ben Armbruster finished second and also nailed the time required to reach the Paris Games, registering 21.84.

Swimming trials LIVE: O'Callaghan's concerning admission

Mollie O'Callaghan made an alarming admission after being pipped by clubmate Ariarne Titmus in the 200m freestyle tonight.

O'Callaghan, the previous world record holder and 2023 world champion, was asked how it felt to no longer be the hunted, rather the hunter.

"To be honest, I was always overlooked, I wasn't really out there, which I do appreciate a lot [because] I can just fly under the radar," O'Callaghan told reporters.

"I've got to look at the positive side and really take the pressure off me because heading into this I was not in a good place."

Urged to elaborate on that remark, she said: "I couldn't really sleep last night".

Swimming trials LIVE: Winnington downs Short in distance clash

Elijah Winnington defeats Sam Short in the men's 800m freestyle final and nails Swimming Australia's Olympic qualification time, stopping the clock at 7:44.90.

Short wraps up a top-two finish but misses Swimming Australia's strict benchmark, clocking 7:46.52.

Despite that, he may still get a go in the 800m in Paris as he's certain to be racing in France, having qualified in the 400m on Monday night.

Swimming Australia's qualification time is 7:45.80, which is stricter than World Aquatics' benchmark.

Swimming trials LIVE: Para-star wins but misses benchmark

Jasmine Greenwood takes out the women's 200m individual medley multi-class final easily, but misses the Paris 2024 qualification time by an agonising margin.

The star swimmer from Sussex Inlet on the NSW South Coast posts 2:33.69. The qualification time is 2:33.32.

She beat her closest rival by more than eight seconds.

Read about Greenwood's amazing recovery from a double stroke BY CLICKING HERE.

Swimming trials LIVE: ANOTHER WORLD RECORD FALLS!

World records are tumbling in Brisbane!

Moments after Ariarne Titmus and Mollie O'Callaghan shattered the women's 200m freestyle global mark, para-swimmer Tim Hodge has broken the men's SM9 world record in the 200m individual medley multi-class final.

The youngster from Sydney's west clocked 2:12.03 to take down his own world record of 2:12.06.

Swimming trials LIVE: WORLD RECORD SHATTERED!

The women's 200m freestyle record GOES DOWN!

Ariarne Titmus and Mollie O'Callaghan both shatter the global mark held by O'Callaghan.

Titmus blasts out a 1:52.23 and O'Callaghan a 1:52.48.

"The world record is a bonus, but ... honestly since Tokyo I've reflected a 1:52 swimmer every day in training," Titmus told reporters poolside.

"So I'm happy to finally put together a swim that I know I'm capable of.

"It's exciting to do it in my home town, in front of the home-town crowd, and it gives me really good confidence for the Olympics."

Swimming trials LIVE: Women's 200m freestyle just moments away

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