Pallister follows four swimming titles with third ocean-race win
Australian swimmer Lani Pallister won four gold medals and a silver at the national short-course championships before travelling to the Sunshine Coast for a third consecutive Bluff to Bar ocean-swim victory. Her results secured a place in Australia’s 24-member squad for the Beijing world championships.
Australian swimmer Lani Pallister followed a dominant national championships with victory in the Bluff to Bar ocean swim on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast on Saturday. Pallister won the 1.2-kilometre race at Alexandra Headland after travelling from Sydney following the Australian short-course championships. She had posted on Instagram at 4:38am before catching a flight for the 11:20am event.
The victory was her third consecutive win in the Bluff to Bar race. She led from start to finish in a field described in the source material as stacked. Her ocean result came after four days of competition at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre.
Pallister won gold in the 200, 400, 800 and 1,500-metre freestyle events, and took silver in the 100m freestyle. The performance secured her place in Australia’s 24-member Dolphins squad for the world championships in Beijing from December 1 to 6. It will be her ninth selection for the national team, according to the report.
Head coach Rohan Taylor identified Pallister, Sam Short and Jenna Forrester as stand-outs at the championships. Short won the 400m, 800m and 1,500m freestyle events, while Forrester collected four silver medals and a gold. The squad includes six debutants: Amelie Smith, Mark Nikolaev, Marcus Da Silva, Emily Jones, Cameron Bladen and Alex Quach.
Cam McEvoy is also set to join the team through a wildcard opportunity after winning a 50m freestyle event at the World Cup series in Baku. Pallister is due to attend an altitude training camp in Flagstaff, United States, before resuming preparations for the world championships.
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