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By David Rieder.<\/em><\/p>\n

Cate Campbell<\/strong> made her international racing debut for Australia in the summer of 2007 when she was just 14 years old. At 15, she swam at her first Olympics and won her first two medals. In short, she\u2019s been around a long time\u2014and this week at the Commonwealth Games, she is swimming as fast as she ever has.<\/p>\n

Now 25, Campbell opened her week anchoring Australia\u2019s 4×100 free relay to a new world record, putting in an amazing 51.00 split. Yes, that\u2019s the fastest in history\u2014that was obvious right away\u2014but by how much? The previous best split ever belonged to Cate\u2019s younger sister Bronte<\/strong>, who split 51.77 at the 2015 World Championships.<\/p>\n

Not counting relay leadoffs (like Sarah<\/strong> Sjostrom\u2019s<\/strong> 51.71 from last year\u2019s World Champs), Campbell split three-quarters of a second faster than anyone else ever had. Her previous personal-best split was a 51.80 from the Olympics in Rio.<\/p>\n

As for the 50 free, Campbell put up a time of 23.88 in Friday’s semi-finals, a time only she and four others (Sjostrom, Britta<\/strong> Steffen<\/strong>, Ranomi Kromowidjojo<\/strong> and Therese<\/strong> Alshammar<\/strong>) have ever matched or bettered. Already this season, Campbell has matched her season best with a 23.79 at Australia\u2019s Trials last month.<\/p>\n

Over the next four days of racing in Gold Coast, Campbell has the 50 free final as well as all three rounds of the 100 free and 50 fly, plus the medley relay. And you have to think that world records are a possibility\u2014even if those Sjostrom took those sprint free world records to obscene levels last summer in Budapest with her 51.71 in the 100 and 23.67.<\/p>\n

Campbell did not compete at that World Championships<\/a>, but she was in Budapest to support Bronte and other friends and to provide some analysis for Australian television. Hours before the Swede claimed the mark, Campbell explained that watching on as her world record went down would help motivate for her as she returned to full-time training and racing in 2018.<\/p>\n

It seems to have worked. The swimmer who showed up to the Commonwealth Games this week is vintage Cate Campbell.<\/p>\n

Teenagers Ruck and Titmus Cross Paths<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Over the course of their careers, Canada’s\u00a0Taylor Ruck<\/strong> and Australia’s\u00a0Ariarne Titmus<\/strong> will not cross paths a whole lot in the racing pool. As you would expect: Ruck focuses on the shorter distance freestyle and backstroke races, and Titmus is a 400-800 freestyler. The only race where the two 17-year-olds cross over is the 200 free.<\/p>\n

And as luck would have it, the 200 free came first for both young women on the Commonwealth Games program. Veteran Emma McKeon<\/strong> could not keep pace, and Ruck opened up a lead on the last 50, only for Titmus to track her down over the last 15 meters. But Ruck got to the wall first, 1:54.81 to 1:54.85.<\/p>\n

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Emma McKeon, Taylor Ruck & Ariarne Titmus — Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr\/Swimming Australia Ltd.<\/p><\/div>\n

Gold and silver medals are great, obviously, but in a year where the world\u2019s best swimmers will not all compete at the same meet, here\u2019s some perspective on those times: Ruck now ranks seventh all-time in the event, and Titmus moved into a tie for 10th. Remember, teenagers.<\/p>\n

Both of their times were quicker than McKeon swam to win Olympic bronze in Rio and faster than McKeon and Katie Ledecky<\/strong> swam to share World Champs silver last summer. What does that mean? Well, for one, Ledecky might have some competition as the best 200 freestyler training at Stanford come the fall, with Ruck on her way there.<\/p>\n

If you pay attention much to swimming, you already knew who Ruck and Titmus were, but both have improved at a startling rate this season. Ruck has two more Commonwealth finals coming up Saturday, in the 50 free and 100 back (plus 100 free, 200 back and relays), while Titmus should be considered the gold-medal favorite in the 400 and 800 free.<\/p>\n

Ruck and Titmus will share the pool once more this week, as part of their respective countries\u2019 4×200 free relay. Still, don\u2019t get used to seeing them race together\u2014not much, anyway.<\/p>\n

State of Australian Men\u2019s Relays<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In two relay events so far at the Commonwealth Games, Australia has won easily in both the women\u2019s 4×100 free and men\u2019s 4×100 free. No surprise there\u2014it would have been a stunner for the Aussies to lose either. As for what\u2019s to come, the women might get a challenge from Canada in the 4×200 free relay, but the medley should be theirs to lose.<\/p>\n

As for the men\u2019s relays, Adam Peaty<\/strong> makes England the favorite in the medley, while the England-Scotland split will make it tough for either team to take gold in the 4×200 free\u2014especially with Australia showing its best form in years in the 200 free.<\/p>\n

In that individual event Friday, Kyle Chalmers<\/strong> took gold in 1:45.56, and Mack Horton<\/strong> got the silver in 1:45.89. That\u2019s the first time since the last edition of the Commonwealth Games in 2014 that two Aussies have swum under 1:46 at the same international meet. Both finished ahead of Scotland\u2019s best (Duncan<\/strong> Scott<\/strong>) and England\u2019s best (James Guy<\/strong>), so that\u2019s a strong place to start.<\/p>\n

Chalmers was absent from last year\u2019s World Championships as he dealt with a heart issue<\/a>, and in his absence, an Australian team that was inexperienced aside from Horton over-performed to finish fourth in the 4×200 relay. Clyde<\/strong> Lewis<\/strong>, Alexander Graham<\/strong> and Jack Cartwright<\/strong> all split 1:46s on that relay, and two of that trio plus 17-year-old Elijah<\/strong> Winnington<\/strong> will slot into the team this time around.<\/p>\n

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Australia men victorious in the 4×100 free relay — Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr\/Swimming Australia Ltd.<\/p><\/div>\n

So the arrow is pointing up on that relay. As for the 4×100 free relay, the Aussies won that despite relatively sluggish 48-second splits from Chalmers, Cameron McEvoy<\/strong> and James<\/strong> Magnussen<\/strong>. Cartwright, surprisingly, had the fastest split of the relay with his 47.71. But that team had no challengers, enabling them to get away with a final time of 3:12.96.<\/p>\n

As for the medley relay, Mitch Larkin<\/strong> posted a solid 53.19 in winning gold in the 100 back, but we\u2019ll reserve judgement on that team until all the 100-meter events are complete\u2014including the 100 free, where Chalmers is the Olympic gold medalist.<\/p>\n

When it Rains\u2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Friday night\u2019s finals in Gold Coast were rainy and windy, and while swimmers knew to expect anything at an outdoor facility, conditions like that are never ideal. Once they are in the pool, anyone should be fine, but staying warm and dry before races becomes a challenge that could throw an athlete off his or her game.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, the forecast for the Gold Coast calls for sunny skies for the final four days of swimming competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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