{"id":304952,"date":"2018-04-09T17:21:22","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T00:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=304952"},"modified":"2018-04-09T18:59:43","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T01:59:43","slug":"mitch-larkin-aims-for-fourth-individual-gold-on-last-day-of-commonwealth-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/mitch-larkin-aims-for-fourth-individual-gold-on-last-day-of-commonwealth-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitch Larkin Aims For Fourth Individual Gold On Last Day of Commonwealth Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The last morning of the 2018 Commonwealth Games was a short session as there were only five total swimming preliminary events on Tuesday morning in the Gold Coast, Australia.\u00a0<strong>Ariarne Titmus<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Mitch Larkin\u00a0<\/strong>will be the top seeds after this morning&#8217;s prelim session. Titmus will be going for her second individual gold after winning the 400 free and Larkin will be going for his fourth after winning all three backstroke finals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/watch\/player?id=3343225\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stream<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/results.gc2018.com\/en\/swimming\/daily-schedule-date=2018-04-10.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schedule\/Results<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 400 Free<\/h3>\n<p><em>WR: 3:56.46,\u00a0<strong>Katie Ledecky<\/strong>, USA (2016)<br \/>\n<\/em><em>CR: 4:00.60,\u00a0<strong>Joanne Jackson<\/strong>, ENG (2009)<br \/>\n<\/em><em>GR: 4:04.47,\u00a0<strong>Lauren Boyle<\/strong>, NZL (2014)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Australian teenage\u00a0<strong>Ariarne Titmus\u00a0<\/strong>cruised to a top seed in the 400 free heats as she swam a comfortable 4:10.22 to take the top spot into Tuesday&#8217;s final. Titmus has had a solid meet and she could challenge the Games Record on the final night of swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games that is a 4:04.47 held by New Zealand&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Lauren Boyle\u00a0<\/strong>from 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The battle for second should be a tight one tonight as England&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Eleanor Faulkner\u00a0<\/strong>(4:11.19) and\u00a0<strong>Holly Hibbott\u00a0<\/strong>(4:11.65) sit second and third headed into Tuesday night&#8217;s final.<\/p>\n<p>Australia also picked up two other finalists in\u00a0<strong>Mikkayla Sheridan\u00a0<\/strong>(4:11.69) and\u00a0<strong>Jessica Ashwood\u00a0<\/strong>(4:13.12). Scotland&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Camilla Hattersley\u00a0<\/strong>(4:12.26), Bahamas&#8217;\u00a0<strong>Joanna Evans\u00a0<\/strong>(4:12.38) and New Zealand&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Carina Doyle\u00a0<\/strong>(4:13.33) will also swim in the final tonight.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_304958\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304958\" data-attachment-id=\"304958\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/mitch-larkin-aims-for-fourth-individual-gold-on-last-day-of-commonwealth-games\/screen-shot-2018-04-09-at-8-52-23-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-09-at-8.52.23-PM-e1523321590614.png\" data-orig-size=\"729,364\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"400-free-women\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2018-04-09 at 8.52.23 PM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-09-at-8.52.23-PM-e1523321590614-700x364.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-09-at-8.52.23-PM-1024x640.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-304958\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-09-at-8.52.23-PM-e1523321590614-700x364.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-04-09 at 8.52.23 PM\" width=\"700\" height=\"364\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-304958\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s S9 100 Back<\/h3>\n<p><em>WR: 1:01.75,\u00a0<strong>Justin Zook<\/strong>, USA (2012)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>All swimmers will swim again in the final of the men&#8217;s S9 100 back final. Australia&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Timothy Hodge\u00a0<\/strong>(1:05.03),\u00a0<strong>Logan Powell\u00a0<\/strong>(1:05.28) and\u00a0<strong>Brenden Hall\u00a0<\/strong>(1:06.10) have the top three spots in front of the Australian crowd at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_304960\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304960\" data-attachment-id=\"304960\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/mitch-larkin-aims-for-fourth-individual-gold-on-last-day-of-commonwealth-games\/screen-shot-2018-04-09-at-9-05-50-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-09-at-9.05.50-PM-e1523322392174.png\" data-orig-size=\"716,294\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2018-04-09 at 9.05.50 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2018-04-09 at 9.05.50 PM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-09-at-9.05.50-PM-e1523322392174-700x294.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-09-at-9.05.50-PM-1024x640.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-304960\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-09-at-9.05.50-PM-e1523322392174-700x294.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-04-09 at 9.05.50 PM\" width=\"700\" height=\"294\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-304960\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s S8 50 Free<\/h3>\n<p><em>WR: 29.73,\u00a0<strong>Maddison Elliott<\/strong>, AUS (2016)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Australia&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Lakeisha Patterson\u00a0<\/strong>will have lane four in tonight&#8217;s final with a 31.41 this morning in the heats. All seven girls will advance to the final as Canada&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Morgan Bird\u00a0<\/strong>(32.27) and\u00a0<strong>Abigail Tripp\u00a0<\/strong>(32.54) sit second and third.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_304964\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304964\" data-attachment-id=\"304964\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/mitch-larkin-aims-for-fourth-individual-gold-on-last-day-of-commonwealth-games\/screen-shot-2018-04-09-at-9-14-14-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-09-at-9.14.14-PM-e1523322897680.png\" data-orig-size=\"729,217\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2018-04-09 at 9.14.14 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2018-04-09 at 9.14.14 PM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-09-at-9.14.14-PM-e1523322897680-700x217.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-09-at-9.14.14-PM-1024x640.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-304964\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-09-at-9.14.14-PM-e1523322897680-700x217.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-04-09 at 9.14.14 PM\" width=\"700\" height=\"217\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-304964\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 200 IM<\/h3>\n<p><em>WR: 1:54.00,\u00a0<strong>Ryan Lochte<\/strong>, USA (2011)<br \/>\n<\/em><em>CR: 1:56.64,\u00a0<strong>Max Litchfield<\/strong>, ENG (2017)<br \/>\n<\/em><em>GR: 1:57.83,\u00a0<strong>Daniel Tranter<\/strong>, AUS (2014)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Australia&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Mitch Larkin\u00a0<\/strong>is going for his fourth title of the Games as he leads the 200 IM heats with a 1:59.02. Larkin is ahead of 400 IM champion\u00a0<strong>Clyde Lewis\u00a0<\/strong>of Australia (1:59.50). Those two were the only swimmers under two minutes in the heats.<\/p>\n<p>Scotland got all three of its swimmers in the final with 2014 400 IM champ\u00a0<strong>Daniel Wallace\u00a0<\/strong>(2:00.21), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/scott-duncan-claims-100-free-title-at-commonwealth-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">100 free champ<\/a>\u00a0<strong>Duncan Scott\u00a0<\/strong>(2:00.44) and 400 IM silver medalist\u00a0<strong>Mark Szaranek\u00a0<\/strong>(2:00.58) all qualifying for the final.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Bradlee Ashby\u00a0<\/strong>(2:00.57), Wales&#8217;\u00a0<strong>Xavier Castelli\u00a0<\/strong>(2:00.97) and New Zealand&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Lewis Clareburt\u00a0<\/strong>(2:01.33) will also swim in tonight&#8217;s final.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_304966\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304966\" data-attachment-id=\"304966\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/mitch-larkin-aims-for-fourth-individual-gold-on-last-day-of-commonwealth-games\/screen-shot-2018-04-09-at-9-29-07-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-09-at-9.29.07-PM-e1523323809536.png\" data-orig-size=\"729,262\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"200-IM-men\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2018-04-09 at 9.29.07 PM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-09-at-9.29.07-PM-e1523323809536-700x262.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-09-at-9.29.07-PM-1024x640.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-304966\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-09-at-9.29.07-PM-e1523323809536-700x262.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-04-09 at 9.29.07 PM\" width=\"700\" height=\"262\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-304966\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 4&#215;100 Medley Relay<\/h3>\n<p><em>WR: 3:27.28, United States (2009)<br \/>\nCR: 3:28.64, Australia (2009)<br \/>\nGR: 3:31.51, England (2014)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Australians will have lane four for the final in the men&#8217;s 4&#215;100 medley relay. There will be a lot of changes in tonight&#8217;s final as Australia (3:33.61), England (3:36.68), Scotland (3:38.79), Canada (3:40.79) and South Africa (3:42.44) have a lot left.<\/p>\n<p>The Australians swam\u00a0<strong>Bradley Woodward\u00a0<\/strong>(54.01),\u00a0<strong>Matt Wilson\u00a0<\/strong>(59.03),\u00a0<strong>David Morgan\u00a0<\/strong>(52.14) and\u00a0<strong>Jack Cartwright\u00a0<\/strong>(48.43) as they will get serious pressure in the final from the defending champions England.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Elliott Clogg\u00a0<\/strong>(55.62),\u00a0<strong>James Wilby\u00a0<\/strong>(59.19),\u00a0<strong>Jacob Peters\u00a0<\/strong>(53.27) and\u00a0<strong>David Cumberlidge\u00a0<\/strong>(48.60) put the English in lane five for the final tonight.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_304968\" style=\"width: 643px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304968\" data-attachment-id=\"304968\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/mitch-larkin-aims-for-fourth-individual-gold-on-last-day-of-commonwealth-games\/screen-shot-2018-04-09-at-9-50-18-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-09-at-9.50.18-PM-e1523325080365.png\" data-orig-size=\"633,595\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2018-04-09 at 9.50.18 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2018-04-09 at 9.50.18 PM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-09-at-9.50.18-PM-e1523325080365-633x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-09-at-9.50.18-PM-1024x640.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-304968\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-09-at-9.50.18-PM-e1523325080365-633x500.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-04-09 at 9.50.18 PM\" width=\"633\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-304968\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last morning of the 2018 Commonwealth Games was a short session as there were only five total swimming preliminary events on Tuesday morning in the Gold Coast, Australia.\u00a0Ariarne Titmus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":194349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[58424,65138,50947],"class_list":["post-304952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-world","tag-2018-commonwealth-games","tag-ariarne-titmus","tag-clyde-lewis"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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