{"id":341764,"date":"2018-12-11T05:04:35","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T12:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=341764"},"modified":"2018-12-20T13:44:16","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T20:44:16","slug":"ariarne-titmus-runs-down-mallory-comerford-in-200-free-final-breaks-australian-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ariarne-titmus-runs-down-mallory-comerford-in-200-free-final-breaks-australian-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariarne Titmus Runs Down Mallory Comerford in 200 Free Final, Breaks Australian Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

Women’s 200 Free<\/h3>\n

Australia’s\u00a0Ariarne Titmus\u00a0<\/strong>had a monster last 50 in the final of the 200 free on Tuesday night at the 2018 FINA World Short Course Championships in Hangzhou. Titmus used a 28.19, the fastest last 50 in the field to run down American\u00a0Mallory Comerford\u00a0<\/strong>to take the gold medal at 1:51.38.<\/p>\n

Titmus broke the Oceania record in the 200 free, breaking\u00a0Emma McKeon’s\u00a0<\/strong>record of 1:51.66 from 2015. Titmus moved up to fourth all-time with her swim here in the 200 free.<\/p>\n

After the race Titmus said: \u201cI have been working on my speed, so I am glad it paid off. I knew the back end was my strength, so I just tried to play to that and it worked.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is my first individual world title, so it is a good stepping stone to next year with World Championships and then Olympics after that,\u201d<\/span> she added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Comerford finished in second at 1:51.81, which moves her up to eighth all-time in the event and lowers the American Record she set in the preliminaries. Comerford led for about 175 meters before Titmus ran her down the final 25.<\/p>\n

The bronze medal went to\u00a0Femke Heemskerk\u00a0<\/strong>of the Netherlands at 1:52.36. She did not go a best time but adds an eleventh World Short Course Championship medal to her collection.<\/p>\n

All-Time Rankings:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Sarah Sjostrom<\/strong>, SWE, 1:50.43 (2017)<\/li>\n
  2. Federica Pellegrini<\/strong>, ITA, 1:51.17 (2009)<\/li>\n
  3. Katinka Hosszu<\/strong>, HUN, 1:51.18 (2014)<\/li>\n
  4. Ariarne Titmus<\/strong>, AUS, 1:51.38 (2018)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Camille Muffat<\/strong>, FRA, 1:51.65 (2012)<\/li>\n
  6. Emma McKeon<\/strong>, AUS, 1:51.66 (2015)<\/li>\n
  7. Femke Heemskerk<\/strong>, NED, 1:51.69 (2014)<\/li>\n
  8. Mallory Comerford<\/strong>, USA, 1:51.81 (2018)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n