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Glasgow with a successful hit and run mission to the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 21-year-old Victorian scored an all-the-way win in his only event of the 2026 Sydney Open And UniSport Nationals &#8211; upsetting Japan\u2019s World Championship silver medallist over 400IM <strong>Tomoyuki Matsushita <\/strong>with fellow Victorian and Games aspirant <strong>David Schlicht<\/strong> third.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Petric touching in a comfortable 1:58.68 to Matsushita\u2019s 2:00.36 and Schlicht third in 2:02.25 \u2013 a perfect hit out before Petric and Schlicht return to then 2000 Olympic pool for the Australian Trials Meet \u2013 Trial for Glasgow and the 2026 Pan Pacs in Irvine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last night\u2019s win follows Petric\u2019s major victory over China\u2019s 2020 Olympic champion <strong>Wang Shun<\/strong> in the China Open meet where he clocked his personal best of 1:57.53 in March and his Queensland title last December in 1:57.17.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Petric, who prepared for the Paris Olympics under St Peters Western maestro Dean Boxall in Queensland has returned home to Victoria\u2019s premier club Nunawading and an IM Super Squad built up by head coach Jol Finck.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nunawading not only boasts Petric but also Kiwi dual Olympian Lewis Clareburt, who won the New Zealand Championship this week in 1:57.65.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clareburt won bronze at the 2020 Commonwealth Games behind Scotland\u2019s <strong>Duncan Scott<\/strong> and England\u2019s <strong>Tom Dean.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But they\u2019ll all be looking over their shoulders at Petric, his sights set on Glasgow and adding his name to the list of Australians to win the event \u2013 <strong>Mitch Larkin<\/strong> (2018), <strong>Daniel Tranter<\/strong> (2014) the last time the Games were in Glasgow, <strong>Justin 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