Australia Shattered world Record again. this time: women’s 4×200 free relay,
At the 2023 World Championships, the Australian team of Mollie O’Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Brianna Throssell, and Ariarne Titmus combined for a time of 7:37.50 in the women’s 4×200 free relay, breaking their world record from the 2022 Commonwealth Games by nearly two full seconds.
Newly-minted 200 free world record holder O’Callaghan led off, giving Australia a 2.31-second lead over the United States at the 200-meter mark. Katie Ledecky caught up to Jack and Bella Sims touched at the 600-meter mark ahead of Brianna Throssell, but it all didn’t matter because Titmus dropped a 1:52.41 anchor leg to out-split American anchor Alex Shackell by nearly four seconds and help Australia win by 3.88 seconds.
Titmus’s split was the fastest 200 free relay split in history, surpassing her own 1:52.82 split from when Australia last broke the World Record in this relay. She holds the only two sub-1:53 relay splits in history.
All-Time Fastest Splits, Women’s 4×200 Free Relay:
- Ariarne Titmus, Australia — 1:52.41 (2023)
- Ariarne Titmus, Australia — 1:52.82 (2022)
- Federica Pellegrini, Italy — 1:53.45 (2009)
- Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden — 1:53.64 (2014)
- Katie Ledecky, United States — 1:53.67 (2022)