![]() ![]() This is the first time that I’ve actually felt quite calm and just enjoyed every little bit.” Going into previous meets I was so nervous all the time. I think having fun is the most important part. “To be honest I came into this week just wanting to have fun and enjoy it and learn,” O’Callaghan said. O’Callaghan edged Siobhan Haughey (52.49) and Marrit Steenbergen (52.71) to defend her 100 free crown. The newly-minted 200 free world record holder clocked a 52.16 for the 100 free win, just off her personal-best 52.08 that she swam leading off the women’s 4×100 freestyle relay on Sunday. ![]() In the women’s 100 freestyle, 19-year-old Aussie Mollie O’Callaghan became the first woman to win the 100 free and 200 free at the same World Championships. I think when you let up there, it becomes harder to push that last fifty as well because if you are slowing down, it’s harder to speed up again.” “I just thought I was a little bit soft on the third 50. ![]() “I always want to push that third 50 a little bit harder - that’s the hardest part of the race,” Murphy said. Murphy saw room for improvement on his third length of the pool, which he thought was “a little bit soft” in this race. It was the fourth individual gold medal by a Bowman-coached swimmer so far at Worlds following Leon Marchand’s victories in the 200 IM, 400 IM, and 200 fly. We have a really, really good training group, and Bob knows a thing or two about swimming.” I have been training with him for half a year now. I think it’s just the ‘Bob Bowman effect’ - that’s as simple as it is. Honestly I never thought I would swim backstroke, and now here I am, a world champion. “A year ago I was only swimming 200m IM at the World Championships. He fired off a 1:54.14 in Fukuoka to drop more than a second off his lifetime best and outduel the 28-year-old Murphy (1:54.83) for the world title. Kos had never been under 1:57 in the 200 back before this year, when he clocked a world-leading 1:55.95 at April’s Pro Swim Series stop in Westmont.
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