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Aussie Freestyle Sprint King Kyle Chalmers Now Chasing Butterfly Gold In LA in 28\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Australia\u2019s 100m freestyle sprint king and 2016 Olympic gold medallist\u00a0Kyle Chalmers<\/strong>\u00a0will now be chasing gold in another event at the LA28 Games after rocketing to the top of the 50m butterfly world rankings.<\/p>\n

Chalmers blasted out a personal best time of 22.77 on a sizzling night two of the Australian Open Championships on the Gold Coast, 24 hours after another impressive 100m freestyle victory.<\/p>\n

The 50 fly win edging him 0.01 ahead of reigning world champion, Frenchman\u00a0Max Grousset\u2019s\u00a0best 2026 time of 22.78 set last month at the Lausanne Swim Cup in Switzerland.<\/p>\n

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FLYING TO LA28: Kyle Chalmers wins 50 fly 2026 Australian Open Photo Courtesy Delly Carr (Swimming Australia)<\/p><\/div>\n

The 27-year-old Chalmers revealing one of the newest events on the LA28 program is now squarely in his sights after another time that makes the triple Olympic 100m freestyle medallist and 2016 Rio champion, very competitive on the world stage in another event.<\/p>\n

His 22.77 is the second fastest time ever by an Australian \u2013 and just 0.04 outside\u00a0Matt Targett<\/strong>\u2019s 2009 \u201cSupersuit\u201d Australian record of 22.73 set at the 2009 World\u2019s in Rome.<\/p>\n

Chalmers excited to turn the clock back to 2014 when he won his first ever Open Nationals medal in the 50m butterfly at just 15, in a time of 24.03.<\/p>\n

Going on to win one of four gold medals at the Oceania Championships in Auckland \u2013 launching a remarkable international career – just two years before winning his Olympic gold.<\/p>\n

Chalmers saying after the race tonight that the one thing that excites him in swimming is doing a personal best time after 11 years on the Australian Dolphins National team.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about swimming pbs and the 50m butterfly is the event that I first medalled in, back in 2014 and so to have this event in the 2032 Olympics is exciting,\u201d said Chalmers, adding the 50m fly win to his gold medal in last night\u2019s 100m freestyle.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I have a body that is best suited to butterfly so to turn the clock back to when I first started is amazing. I am really looking forward to it\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n

And there was another outstanding swim from Paris Olympian and world championship silver medallist\u00a0Lani Pallister<\/strong>who added the 400m freestyle to her 800m from night one.<\/p>\n

Again leading from the outset in typical Pallister fashion \u2013 clocking her second fastest time ever and fastest in season time of 3:59.36 (27.67, 57.40, 1:27.79, 1:58.15, 2:28.82, 2:59.93) \u2013 improving her 4.00.61 from the China Open.<\/p>\n

The time leap-frogging her above Katie Ledecky\u2019s second fastest time for 2026 of 4:00.54 \u2013 behind world record holder Summer McIntosh\u2019s best 2026-time of 3:55.37.<\/p>\n

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RANKINGS MOVER: Lani Pallister after winning the 400m freestyle. Photo Courtesy Delly Carr (Swimming Australia)<\/p><\/div>\n

With New Zealand\u2019s 2024 world champion\u00a0Erika Fairweather\u00a0<\/strong>trying to hang on to Pallister as long as she could, producing a strong swim, clocking 4:02.09, with Brazilian\u00a0Maria Costa<\/strong>\u00a0third in 4:03.41.<\/p>\n

Pallister saying she couldn\u2019t be happier, but her plans are to get bigger, faster and stronger.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cI was 4:00.61 in China two weeks ago and I had a pretty good swim last night (in the 800m) but I\u2019m happy with a 3:59 in-season \u2013 that\u2019s my second fastest time ever -just behind what I swam at World\u2019s in Singapore.,\u201d said Pallister.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really happy with my progression this season and I\u2019m looking forward to Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacs, it will be a big year.<\/p>\n

\u201cDean (Boxall) has set the bar pretty high for me and all the staff at St Peters Western it\u2019s been fun working with them finding different race plans and different strategies and how to improve in training.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a very hard task master and whenever I achieve something I move the goalposts any way\u2026trying to be bigger, better and stronger and that\u2019s what I\u2019ve done over the last 18 months.\u201d<\/p>\n

In other events:<\/strong><\/p>\n

In-form Paris Olympian\u00a0Sam Short<\/strong>\u00a0(Rackley, QLD) continued on his merry way, adding the 800m freestyle to his opening night 400m win and in emphatic fashion as he attacked the 16 laps of the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre as only Short can.<\/p>\n

Storming home in a time of 7:41.04 (26.54, 54.92, 1:52.46, 3:48.96, 4:47.35, 5:45.79, 6:44.19) narrowly outside his season\u2019s best, 7:40.98 \u2013 the top time in the world this year.<\/p>\n

(The same pool that saw Short smash the great\u00a0Kieren Perkins<\/strong>\u00a0then 30-year-old Australian 17-years age record of 7:52.93 in 2021 \u2013 a time which had been set during the 1500m freestyle final at the 1991 World Championships \u2013 with Short clocking of\u00a07:52.18.)<\/p>\n

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SMILE TIME: Shayna Jack proudly christens her move to WAIS by winning the women’s 50m freestyle. Photo Courtesy Delly Carr (Swimming Australia).<\/p><\/div>\n

And in world champion\u00a0Meg Harris\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0absence, it was a powerful dive to touch win in the 50m freestyle by\u00a0Shayna Jack<\/strong>\u00a0(St Peters Western, QLD) in 24.60 \u2013 the Paris finalist wearing the distinctive WAIS cap, announcing her move to Western Australia.<\/p>\n

(Harris, just back from high altitude training in Flagstaff Arizona withdrew from the heats of the 50 and 400m freestyle earlier in the day after feeling off colour).<\/p>\n

Jack beating home Paris Olympian\u00a0Olivia Wunsch<\/strong> (Carlile, NSW) 24.84 and last night\u2019s 100m winner\u00a0Mollie O\u2019Callaghan<\/strong>\u00a0(St Peters Western, QLD) 24.89.<\/p>\n

Kaylee McKeown<\/strong>\u00a0(USC Spartans, QLD) 58.06 (28.46) added the women\u2019s 100m backstroke to her 200m win, swimming away from O\u2019Callaghan 58.98 and St Peters Western teammate,\u00a0Hannah Fredericks<\/strong>\u00a01:00.19.<\/p>\n

And Nunawading Victoria\u2019s resident New Zealander\u00a0Lewis Clareburt<\/strong>\u00a0(1:45.57) gate-crashed the party, over-powering Aussie boys\u00a0Ed Sommerville<\/strong>\u00a0(Brisbane Grammar) 1:46.08,\u00a0Kai Taylor<\/strong>\u00a0(St Peters Western) 1:46.67 and\u00a0Will Petric<\/strong>\u00a0(Nunawading) 1:47.21 in an exciting 200m final.<\/p>\n

Later producing another superb finish to take out the 200IM in 1:58.42 from Nunawading training partner Petric (1:59.22) and Carlile\u2019s dual Olympian\u00a0Se-Bom Lee<\/strong>\u00a0(2:00.82).<\/p>\n

Clareburt leading through the fly in 25.84, Lee taking over in the backstroke in 56.10, before Clareburt stole the lead back at the breaststroke turn (1:30.89) and motored home in the freestyle to clinch an impressive double.<\/p>\n

While in the race of the night in the men\u2019s 100m breaststroke, Gold Coast local\u00a0Gideon Burnes\u00a0<\/strong>(Bond, QLD) 1:00.66 out-touched 200m winner\u00a0Bailey Lello<\/strong>\u00a0(St Peters Western) 1:00.67,\u00a0Zac Stubblety-Cook<\/strong>(Griffith University) 1:00.86 and\u00a0Sam Williamson<\/strong>\u00a0(Melbourne Vicentre, VIC) 1.00.97, who led at the turn in 27.84 \u2013 just 0.31 separating the first four.<\/p>\n

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POWERHOUSE: Gideon Burnes has muscled his way to victory in the men’s 100m breaststroke final. Photo Courtesy Delly Carr (Swimming Australia).<\/p><\/div>\n

Burnes revealing after the race that he almost withdrew from the event after experiencing problems with his adductor muscles.<\/p>\n

Back-to-back specialist\u00a0Alex Perkins<\/strong>\u00a0(USC Spartans, QLD) defended her 100m butterfly title in 57.21 (26.24) to snatch the win over fellow Paris Olympian\u00a0Lizzie Dekkers\u00a0<\/strong>(St Peters Western) and\u00a0Lily Price<\/strong>(Rackley) 58.70 \u2013 after also racing the 50m freestyle final (fourth in 25.33) earlier in the night.<\/p>\n

It came after her win on night one in the 50m butterfly and her 5th<\/sup>\u00a0in the 100m freestyle in 53.97.<\/p>\n

The women\u2019s 200m breaststroke saw\u00a0Tara Kinder<\/strong>\u00a0(Melbourne Vicentre, VIC) take the win in 2:24.19, from a fast-finishing 17-year-old Sienna Toohey (Albury, NSW) 2:26.43 with Paris Olympian Ella Ramsay (Griffith University, QLD) third in 2:26.81.<\/p>\n

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