Short breaks Thorpe record as Australia sweeps freestyle golds at Pan Pacific
CALIFORNIA: Australians completed a freestyle sweep at the Pan Pacific Championships on Friday after Sam Short clocked a career-best time to win the men’s 400 metres title in a championship-record time, while compatriot Lani Pallister claimed gold in the women’s race.
Australians dominated the freestyle events at the Pan Pacific Championships on Friday, completing a gold medal sweep in the men's and women's 400-meter races. Sam Short set a new championship record of 3:40.52 in the men's race, surpassing Ian Thorpe's old mark of 3:41.83. Short, who also won the 800m freestyle on Wednesday, led from the start and finished ahead of China's Zhang Zhanshuo and American Aaron Shackell.
In the women's 400m freestyle, Lani Pallister edged out American Katie Ledecky to win gold with a time of 3:58.42. Ledecky took silver, while New Zealand's Erika Fairweather secured bronze. Pallister, a four-time Commonwealth gold medalist, built a lead of over two seconds halfway through the race and resisted Ledecky's late push.
American Gretchen Walsh won the women's 100m butterfly with a championship record of 55.15 seconds, while Australia's Matthew Temple set a record in the men's 100m butterfly with a time of 50.39 seconds.
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