{"id":646891,"date":"2026-07-15T00:01:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T07:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=646891"},"modified":"2026-07-15T00:03:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T07:03:44","slug":"the-day-doctors-told-mollie-ocallaghan-she-would-not-be-swimming-at-this-years-commonwealth-games-and-pan-pacs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-day-doctors-told-mollie-ocallaghan-she-would-not-be-swimming-at-this-years-commonwealth-games-and-pan-pacs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Day Doctors Told Mollie O\u2019Callaghan She Would Not Be Swimming at This Year\u2019s Commonwealth Games And Pan Pacs"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Day Doctors Told Mollie O\u2019Callaghan She Would Not Be Swimming at This Year\u2019s Commonwealth Games And Pan Pacs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Australia\u2019s triple Olympic gold medallist from Paris, Mollie O\u2019Callaghan,<\/strong> will take her place in the Australian swim team for this year\u2019s Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacs despite being told by doctors to withdraw from the Selection Trials due to injury.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old Queenslander revealing \u00a0on social media from the Dolphins German training camp in Darmstadt, her battle to swim on after a second opinion \u2013 fighting back from stress fractures, bruising in her back and a shoulder injury.<\/p>\n

Just over a week before the start of the Games in Glasgow the five-time Commonwealth gold medallist from Birmingham in 2022 dropped the bombshell on social media.<\/p>\n

“Last month I was told I wouldn’t be able to compete at Trials, the Commonwealth Games or Pan Pacs. I was also told to stop swimming immediately,” O\u2019Callaghan said.<\/p>\n

“It was a moment that reinforced just how much representing Australia means to me and how badly I want to be part of this team.<\/p>\n

“The scans showed stress fractures and bone oedema in my lumbar spine.<\/p>\n

“My team immediately sought advice from a spinal specialist to see if there was any safe way for me to compete.<\/p>\n

“Thankfully, after further assessment everything has continued to move in a positive direction and after Trials I was given the green light to compete at the Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacs.<\/p>\n

“Things might look a little different for me at the Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacs but I’ll give everything I have and do my absolute best every time I race.<\/p>\n

“A huge thank you to my team and my spinal specialist for working tirelessly to find a way to keep me in the water while making sure my recovery always came first.<\/p>\n

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