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The meet was an amazing showcase all around, with several Australian, Commonwealth, and All-Comer records falling during the four day competition, with <\/span><b>Cate Campbell <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/race-highlights-cate-campbell-breaks-100-free-world-record\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cracking the world record in the 100 freestyle<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The standout performance, however, came from Australian backstroker <\/span><b>Mitch Larkin, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who capped off an amazing year with <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/uncut-race-video-mitch-larkin-breaks-146-to-set-200-back-world-record\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a world record performance in the 200 backstroke<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Touching in 1:45.63 to become the first man to break 1:46, the 22-year-old\u2019s performance also counted as his first world record. With that record <\/span><b>Larkin <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also became Australia\u2019s first individual world record holder in six years. <\/span><b>Larkin <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has already had an amazing year that was highlighted by <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/mitch-larkin-breaks-american-streak-in-200-back-at-2015-fina-world-championships\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">his world championship titles from Kazan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this summer and a more <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-performance-of-the-week-mitch-larkins-100-backstroke\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recent whirlwind record-breaking World Cup series<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Larkin <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">now holds number one world rankings in the 100 and 200 backstrokes in both long course <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">short course pools. 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