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Issued on: 20/08/2022 – 14: 54
USA’s Michael Andrew obtained the 100m breaststroke at Duel within the Pool in Sydney JEREMY NG AFP
Sydney (AFP) – Michael Andrew, Shaine Casas and teenage sensation Bella Sims all clocked victories as the USA inched forward on the rekindled “Duel within the Pool” towards Australia on Saturday.
Australia obtained the start-water bustle at Bondi Seashore on Friday however the US took cost on the Sydney Aquatic Centre to lead 159-148 heading into the last day Sunday.
Centred round mosey events, Duel within the Pool took reputation every two years from 2003 to 2015, with aspects accumulated all the contrivance in which thru particular person and relay events.
The US dwell undefeated in seven editions — the first three raced towards Australia and the following four towards teams drawn from Europe.
Andrew touched first in 59.77 seconds to order the males’s 100m breaststroke, leaving Australian 200m world sage holder Zac Stubblety-Cook in his wake.
With Olympic 100m butterfly champion Caeleb Dressel not on the USA team, compatriot Casas took cost with a blistering 50.86 to amass earlier than Australia’s Matt Temple.
“Rather contented with that point. Bought my job executed,” acknowledged Casas.
Sims, 17, stormed to the women folks’s 200m freestyle in 1: 57.75, hitting the wall fractionally earlier than Australia’s Lani Pallister.
Meg Harris (24.44) and Madi Wilson led an Australia 1-2 within the 50m freestyle while world champion Mollie O’Callaghan anchored Australia to victory within the 4x100m freestyle relay.
O’Callaghan also joined Emma McKeon to rating sure Australia obtained the mixed 100m medley relay in 3: 42.29.
“I personal not raced in front of this many folks in Australia for a long time, so awesome,” acknowledged McKeon, who made Commonwealth Video games historical past this month by winning her 20th medal.
O’Callaghan, the 100m freestyle world champion, added: “Feels quite sick. Good to come support after a extensive few months and effect it in front this form of crowd.”
Triple Tokyo Olympic gold medallist Kaylee McKeown touched in 58.73secs earlier than teammate O’Callaghan to conveniently personal the women folks’s 100m backstroke.
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“I’m if truth be told contented with how I’ve been swimming this three hundred and sixty five days, to be constant and on podiums alongside my teammates is awesome,” she acknowledged.
Apart from seven dilapidated events, the quirky agenda, designed so that you just could add fun and pleasure, integrated “thriller” medley races in which the repeat of strokes became randomly obvious on the open.
There were also “broken” 400m and 800m freestyles the put swimmers stopped at sure distances to develop aspects. The 400m free had a 200m bustle, adopted by a pair of 100m races, with aspects awarded to the winner of each and every.
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