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O&#8217;Callaghan started strong during her week in Glasgow, Scotland, but swam well off her best times during the latter part of the meet.<\/p>\n<p>Swimming Australia head coach\u00a0<strong>Rohan Taylor<\/strong> revealed the news in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimming.org.au\/articles\/gold-finale-for-dolphins-in-glasgow-with-record-comm-games-haul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a>, emphasizing that every decision the team made was with the Los Angeles Olympics in mind. &#8220;She made the decision to return home rather than add another campaign with significant travel,&#8221; Taylor said. &#8220;As I said, our lens is on LA and less is more right now for Mollie.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the same release, O&#8217;Callaghan said, &#8220;I am really happy with my campaign and to have a swim with the 4x100m medley girls was the perfect way to finish my second Commonwealth Games campaign. I always knew my program was going to be different, and I would reassess at the end of the Games and my injury is exactly where I thought it would be. And the time is right for me to go home. Good luck to all my teammates in California.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That makes four of Australia&#8217;s highest-profile swimmers, all individual Olympic champions, not heading to Irvine, Calif., for the showdown with swimmers from the United States, Canada and Japan. Sprinters\u00a0<strong>Cam McEvoy<\/strong> and <strong>Kyle Chalmers<\/strong> had decided to focus on the Commonwealth Games only while\u00a0<strong>Kaylee McKeown<\/strong>, a four-time individual Olympic champion in backstroke, pulled out of both meets with injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, one Australian will join the Pan Pacs team after previously planning to skip out. 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