Australia’s Meg Harris has turned Paris Olympic silver into Singapore World Championship gold Sunday night with an all-the-way win in the women’s 50 meter freestyle.
The 23-year-old Queenslander, who has a moderate hearing loss, nailed the start, surfaced in front and was never headed to win her first major individual gold medal after claiming Olympic silver in Paris, World Championship bronze in Budapest in 2022 and Commonwealth Games silver in Birmingham in 2022.
Harris was a clear winner, clocking 24.02 to finish ahead of Chinese pair Wu Qingfeng (24.26) and Cheng Yujie (24.28).
Her second gold medal of the meet after swimming a vital leg in Australia’s gold medal-winning 4x100m freestyle on night one with Mollie O’Callaghan, Olivia Wunsch and Milla Jansen.
Before tonight, Harris had won 10 relay golds – including five World Championship and two Olympic relay gold medals – and has been a key member of the dominant Australian women’s 4x100m freestyle team from Tokyo and Paris.
