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Emily Seebohm vaulted to the top of the world rankings with a blistering time of 58.96, just off her Australian All-Comers record of 58.70 from last year.
Seebohm cleared Kylie Masse’s 59.06 to become the first swimmer under 59 seconds this year.
Madison Wilson raced her way to fourth in the world rankings with a 59.19, while Minna Atherton also cleared 1:00 with a 59.46 to move to fifth in the world rankings, setting up what should be a truly special finale.
=== Semi-Finals ===
1 SEEBOHM, EMILY 23 BGRAM 1:00.09 58.96Q 957
r:+0.63 28.68 58.96 (30.28)
2 WILSON, MADISON 21 STPET 59.54 59.19Q 946
r:+0.56 28.76 59.19 (30.43)
3 ATHERTON, MINNA 15 BGRAM 59.97 59.46Q 933
r:+0.65 28.64 59.46 (30.82)
4 HOCKING, BELIND 25 NUN 1:00.31 1:00.19 900
r:+0.57 29.30 1:00.19 (30.89)
5 WHITTAKER, SIAN 18 MVC 1:00.30 1:00.69 878
r:+0.61 29.70 1:00.69 (30.99)
6 MCKEOWN, KAYLEE 14 PWCAL 1:01.60 1:00.80 873
r:+0.61 29.41 1:00.80 (31.39)
7 BARRATT, HOLLY 28 ROC 1:01.71 1:00.88 870
r:+0.55 29.46 1:00.88 (31.42)
8 FORRESTER, AMY 17 BOND 1:01.60 1:01.34 850
r:+0.72 29.75 1:01.34 (31.59)
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9 NGAWATI, KOTUKU 21 MVC 1:02.71 1:02.02 822
r:+0.63 30.15 1:02.02 (31.87)
10 BAKER, HAYLEY 20 MVC 1:01.64 1:02.13 818
r:+0.48 30.20 1:02.13 (31.93)
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11 UNICOMB, JESSIC 18 ALLSA 1:02.25 1:02.18 816
r:+0.61 30.05 1:02.18 (32.13)
12 SHERIDAN, CALYP 17 BGRAM 1:02.69 1:02.57 801
r:+0.57 30.31 1:02.57 (32.26)
13 WILLIAMS, ZOE 20 MARI 1:02.90 1:03.07 782
r:+0.63 30.33 1:03.07 (32.74)
14 BURLEIGH, SHANI 23 NUN 1:03.05 1:03.47 767
r:+0.61 30.47 1:03.47 (33.00)
15 HABIB, MICAELA 18 MARI 1:03.63 1:03.59 763
r:+0.62 31.40 1:03.59 (32.19)
16 RETTIE, LAUREN 19 YERPK 1:03.60 1:04.60 728
r:+0.59 31.32 1:04.60 (33.28)
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