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New Zealand\u2019s 16-Year-Old Erika Fairweather Qualifies for the Tokyo Olympics In 400m Freestyle<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Dave Crampton<\/em><\/p>\n

World Junior champion Erika Fairweather, <\/strong>16, is the third New Zealander to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics in an individual event.<\/p>\n

She became the second youngest swimmer from her country to qualify for an Olympics in a swimming event, after Commonwealth Games champion Rebecca Perrott<\/strong> swam at the 1976 Montreal Olympics aged 15, and was New Zealand\u2019s youngest Olympic athlete.<\/p>\n

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STROKED: Erika Fairweather is eye-balling Tokyo in the 400m freestyle. Photo Courtesy: Simon Watts.<\/p><\/div>\n

Fairweather clocked a personal best time of 4:07.43 in the 400m freestyle, under the Olympic qualifying time of 4:07.90. Her time was well under a second faster than her fourth placing at the World Junior Championships in Hungary where she swam 4:08.78. Only Australia\u2019s Lani Pallister<\/strong> swam faster at World Juniors than Fairweather\u2019s latest effort, doing so in a championships record of 4:05.42.<\/p>\n

Fairweather, along with some of New Zealand\u2019s top swimmers, have been swimming at the Auckland Open championships, which doubles as an Olympic trials.<\/p>\n

Fairweather also swam the 200m freestyle in 1:57.38, but while it was faster than her winning time at the World Junior championships, when she clocked 1:57.96,\u00a0 it was just 0.10 sec short of the Olympic standard\u00a0 of\u00a0 1:57.28.<\/p>\n

New Zealand has qualified a women’s team for Tokyo in the 4x200m freestyle after being ranked 10th at the World Championships in Gwangju.<\/p>\n

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KIWI CLAIM: New Zealand’s 2019 World Championship bronze medallist Lewis Clareburt who also secured a Tokyo Olympic berth in the 400IM. Photo Courtesy Jo Kleindl<\/p><\/div>\n

At Gwangju, Lewis Clareburt<\/strong> qualified for the 400m IM after his bronze medal performance and Ali Galyer<\/strong> also qualified in the 100m backstroke.<\/p>\n

Both are not swimming at this week\u2019s Trials nor is Helena Gasson<\/strong> who recently broke 11 New Zealand Open SC records at the International Swimming League with the New York Breakers.<\/p>\n

Fairweather\u2019s \u00a0200m time at Trials was close to six seconds ahead of Laura Littlejohn<\/strong>, 16, \u00a0and her 400m time was nearly 18 seconds ahead of second placed Ruby Heath<\/strong>, 21. \u00a0She has the 100m event to follow.<\/p>\n

New Zealand has a broad Olympic qualifying criteria, with swimmers able to qualify at any FINA approved events prior to 31 May 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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