{"id":576002,"date":"2024-01-14T20:05:45","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T03:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=576002"},"modified":"2024-01-14T20:05:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T03:05:45","slug":"lani-pallister-adds-fifth-lorne-pier-to-pub-crown-doing-it-her-way-en-route-to-paris-olympic-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/lani-pallister-adds-fifth-lorne-pier-to-pub-crown-doing-it-her-way-en-route-to-paris-olympic-trials\/","title":{"rendered":"Lani Pallister Adds Fifth Lorne Pier To Pub Crown Doing It Her Way En-Route To Paris Olympic Trials"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0Lani Pallister Adds Fifth Lorne Pier To Pub Crown Doing It Her Way En-Route To Paris Olympic Trials<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Australia\u2019s best all-round female freestyler, Paris Olympic hopeful Lani Pallister has added a fifth consecutive Powercor Lorne Pier to Pub open water swimming crown in a growing list of achievements for the unstoppable “Water woman!”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Lani Pallister wins 2023 Pier To Pub Photo Courtesy Geelong Advertiser (Alan Barber).<\/p><\/div>\n

Pallister, the 21-year-old Queenslander, is pushing full-steam ahead towards the Australian Olympic Trials in Brisbane (June 10-15) where she will contest the 200, 400, 800 and 1500m freestyle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The girl from the Gold Coast\u2019s Griffith University HP program under master coach Michael Bohl<\/b> is currently ranked the second Australian over 400m and 800m behind Olympic and World champion\u00a0Arirane Titmus \u00a0<\/b>and second behind Madeleine Gough<\/strong> in the 1500m \u2013 enjoying a triumphant record-breaking World Cup campaign over 800 and 1500m towards the end of last year.<\/p>\n

It follows her pair of bronze medals over 1500m at the 2022 World’s and the 800m at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games and her four-gold medal haul at the 2022 World Short Course in Melbourne.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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And she has shown throughout her stunning career she is just as much at home in the open water and surf as she is in the pool \u2013 already chalking up a host of World Lifesaving titles in the pool and surf and coveted Australian open surf championships – and using it very much to her advantage both physically and mentally a she prepares for a tilt for Paris.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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As is the case in Australian swimming history the Olympic journey can be different to traditional pathways for swimmers around the world with various racing opportunities in surf and open water.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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And while the world\u2019s greatest ever female freestyler Katie Ledecky <\/b>was busy doing her thing in at the Pro Swim series meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee, Pallister joined 5000 mad-cap Aussie swimmers for the 1.2km Pier To Pub – one of the country\u2019s most popular ocean swims on Victoria\u2019s surf coast where she revelled in doing her own thing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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