{"id":590752,"date":"2024-07-12T23:27:32","date_gmt":"2024-07-13T06:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=590752"},"modified":"2024-07-14T15:14:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T22:14:07","slug":"aussie-teens-receive-paris-presents-of-a-lifetime-as-lani-pallister-and-mollie-ocallaghan-streamline-their-olympic-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/aussie-teens-receive-paris-presents-of-a-lifetime-as-lani-pallister-and-mollie-ocallaghan-streamline-their-olympic-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Aussie Teens Receive Paris Presents Of A Lifetime as Lani Pallister and Mollie O’Callaghan Streamline Olympic Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aussie Teens Receive Paris Presents Of A Lifetime as Lani Pallister and Mollie O’Callaghan Streamline Olympic Programs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two Australian teenagers, \u00a0surf lifesaving star Jamie Perkins<\/strong> and former child gymnastic protege Iona Anderson<\/strong> have been gifted Paris presents of a lifetime \u2013 with the revelation the pair will both receive individual swims when the Olympic swimming program kick starts the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad<\/a> on July 27.<\/p>\n

Swimming World<\/em> understands both 2023 World Junior champions Perkins (400m freestyle) and Anderson (100m backstroke) have both been given rare opportunities with Lani Pallister<\/strong> and Mollie O\u2019Callaghan<\/strong> both making the big decisions to withdraw from the two events \u2013 given their busy programs.<\/p>\n

Pallister will forgo her opportunity in a 400m freestyle billed as “The Race Of The Century” to concentrate on the 800 and 1500m freestyles and the 4x200m freestyle relay (after finishing third at The Trials) and dual world champion O\u2019Callaghan will focus on the 100 and 200m freestyles \u2013 with both events having semi-finals \u2013 as well as up to four relays.<\/p>\n

Perkins and Anderson finished third in their respective events at the Australian Trials \u2013 but both under the Australian qualifying standards \u2013 so the “next gen” Dolphins teens have certainly earned their stripes.<\/p>\n

Perkins, 19, will now take her place in one of the most highly anticipated events of the Games \u00a0against Australia’s defending Olympic champion, two-time world champion and world record holder Ariarne Titmus,<\/strong> 2016 Olympic champion and former world record holder Katie Ledecky,<\/strong> Canada’s wunderkind and another former world record holder Summer McIntosh<\/strong> and New Zealand’s rising star and reigning world champion Erika Fairweather.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jamie Perkins<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n