Mollie O’Callaghan Unleashes Her Super Powers To Claim Second 200m Freestyle World Title
Olympic champion Mollie O’Callaghan served up a golden dose of powerhouse turns and a monster final lap to claim her second 200m freestyle title on night four of the Singapore World Championships.
The 21-year-old unleashed three powerful turns – her third turn pushing her past US teen Claire Weinstein before the Dean Boxall-coached Mollie O brought in her trademark six-beat kick to swim away from the field – adding tonight’s title to her 2023 World Championship and her Olympic gold in Paris last year.
Clocking a time of 1:53.48 – the ninth fastest time in history – with China’s fast finishing 11-time World Championship medallist Li Bingjie storming home in lane one to snatch the silver, Weinstein hanging on for bronze in another personal best of 1:54.67.
It was O’Callaghan’s second gold medal of the meet after leading off Australia’s gold medal opener in the 4x100m freestyle relay on night one – with tonight’s second gold medal of the meet increasing her gold medal tally to 10, alongside Grant Hackett and one behind Ian Thorpe on 11.
