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Ariarne Titmus Breaks Oceanian, Aussie Records In Women’s 800 Free

2018 PAN PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

17-year-old Ariarne Titmus came through with a big performance in the women’s 800 free at the Pan Pacific Championships in Tokyo, breaking the Oceanian and Australian National Records in a time of 8:17.07. That swim won her the silver medal behind Katie Ledeckywho broke the meet record with the 5th fastest swim of all-time.

Coming in with a personal best of 8:20.02 from the Commonwealth Games in April, Titmus went out relatively hard and wasn’t far off Ledecky early on in the race. She eventually fell back, and had a push from another American Leah Smith for the silver, but managed to hang on as Smith was just over a tenth behind in 8:17.21.

Titmus lowers the Oceanian Record previously held by New Zealand’s Lauren Boyle at 8:17.65 from the 2015 World Championships, and the Aussie Record previously stood at 8:18.14 from Jessica Ashwood in 2016.

Her swim also moves her into 10th on the all-time top performer’s list:

Fastest Performers Ever
1 Katie Ledecky 8:04.79
2 Rebecca Adlington 8:14.10
3 Li Bingjie 8:15.46
4 Jazz Carlin 8:15.54
5 Lotte Friis 8:15.92
6 Janet Evans 8:16.22
7 Boglarka Kapas 8:16.37
8 Joanne Jackson 8:16.66
9 Camelia Potec 8:16.70
10 Ariarne Titmus 8:17.07

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Boknows34
6 years ago

Simona Quaderella swam 8.16.45 at Euros this week to move into 8th. Titmus is now 11th.

Elena
6 years ago

QUADARELLA Simona 8.16.45

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James Sutherland

James swam five years at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, specializing in the 200 free, back and IM. He finished up his collegiate swimming career in 2018, graduating with a bachelor's degree in economics. In 2019 he completed his graduate degree in sports journalism. Prior to going to Laurentian, James swam …

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