Best in the West - Olympic champion Nina Kennedy OAM wins Channel 7 sport award
Best in the West - Olympic champion Nina Kennedy OAM wins Channel 7 sport award
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Perth Now
33 minutes ago
- Perth Now
Dawn Fraser embraces goddaughter after record-breaking swim
Swimming superstar Lani Pallister has set a new national record in the women's 800m freestyle at the Australian swim trials for the upcoming world championships. Pallister clocked a brilliant 8.10.84, which bettered Ariarne Titmus' previous benchmark of 8.12.29 set when winning Olympic silver last year. Australian icon Dawn Fraser was in the stands in Adelaide and was among the first to congratulate her goddaughter on the record. Photos emerged of the pair embracing in a heartwarming moment. Fraser looked in good spirits, six months on from the devastating fall that saw her spend time in ICU. Dawn Fraser and Lani Pallister embrace after the record-breaking swim. Credit: Getty The 87-year-old has recovered after breaking ribs and a major hip bone when she tripped on an unfinished driveway at her home in Noosa. Palister's record came just two months after joining coach Dean Boxall who also guides Titmus, who remains on a post-Olympic break. 'That's an Australian record I have wanted for a long time, since making my first team in 2022,' said Pallister. The 23-year-old also sent a classy message to Titmus. 'It's kind of bitter-sweet not having her in the pool at this moment,' she said. 'She's done so much for women's swimming internationally, but also just everything she's done for Australian swimming. 'So I think I have a lot to thank her for with what she's done in inspiring me as an athlete. I've been able to travel with her and watch how she conducts herself.' Meanwhile, Kyle Chalmers posted the third-quickest men's 100m freestyle time in the world this year at the trials on Thursday night. He also owns the second-fastest time in what is supposed to be a post-Olympic let-down of a year. 'I'm not here with pressure and expectation; anything I achieve from this point is just icing on the cake of my career,' Chalmers said. 'I'm stoked my body is feeling this good. 'And that's why I want to capitalise on it while I can because I know it's not going to feel this good forever.' Kyle Chalmers, waving to the crowd after his latest win, has never been happier or healthier. Credit: AAP Chalmers won gold in the event at the 2016 Olympics and silver at the following two Games - at last year's Paris edition he touched in 47.48. 'I'm physically, mentally and emotionally in a great place,' the 26-year-old said. 'When all of those buckets are topped up, I can swim well.' Chalmers' latest triumph came after Kaylee McKeown posted the fastest women's 200m backstroke time of the year at the Adelaide trials. Unlike Chalmers, she dismissed the feat as irrelevant ahead of the world titles in Singapore starting July 27. 'It doesn't matter what you do here, it depends what you do on the day in an international meet,' McKeown said after finishing in two minutes 04.47 seconds, some 1.33 seconds outside her world record. 'I could be doing world records here, get to an international meet and come in last, so it really doesn't matter. 'I have just got to get my mind right and see what I can do in a few weeks' time.' The five-time Olympic gold medallist won all three backstroke events in Adelaide, over 50m, 100m and 200m. She now has a shot at repeating her unprecedented achievement from the 2023 worlds in Japan when she became the first female to win three golds in any stroke over 50m, 100m and 200m at an international meet. But in a shock result in the women's 200m butterfly, Paris Olympian Lizzy Dekkers missed out. Dekkers, who finished fourth in the Olympic final, was third behind Brittany Castelluzzo (2:06.91) and Abbey Connor (2:07.14) who both qualified for the worlds. In the men's 200m individual medley, 25-year-old David Schlict (1:58.10) shaded William Petric by 0.15 seconds - both also made the world championship team. - With AAP
7NEWS
an hour ago
- 7NEWS
Australian middle-distance gun Cam Myers grabs silver with third-fastest U20 run at Oslo Dream Mile
Australian teenager Cameron Myers has run one of the dream miles of his life to earn a maiden podium finish in the Diamond League. The 19-year-old produced a late burst to finish second in 3:48.87 at the Bislett Games in Oslo on Thursday, recording the third fastest time ever run by an under-20 athlete. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Cam Myers on podium after Oslo Dream Mile stunner. Myers worked his way through the field after being shuffled back at the start and hit top gear in the home straight with only Portugal's Isaac Nader (3:48.25) ahead of him. The Canberran's time was only behind his own U20 world record set indoors at 3:47.48 and Kenya's Ronald Cheruiyot at 3:48.06 for an under-aged athlete. 'I'm frustrated,' Myers said after the race. 'I said before, I got myself in such a bad position and, you know, that's my fault and my fault alone. 'I've gotta really work on getting out a little bit harder and putting myself in a position where I'm not gonna get knocked around as much as i did. So yeah, I'll learn from that.' He said he was happy with a second place and the time. 'But it wasn't the race I was hoping to run. I got a bit lucky it opened up for me in the last 100. I felt strong throughout but I never could get forward and get to the position I wanted. 'I really can't be unhappy, I felt strong and had good power and speed at the end which is a great sign for me.' Myers was joined by Kurtis Marschall on the podium after the Australian pole vaulter and world championships medallist rose to 5.82m for third. Olympic champion Armand Duplantis (Sweden) took gold with 6.15m. The West Australian was pleased with his performance ahead of the short turnaround for the next Diamond League event in Stockholm on June 15. 'I had a great night tonight,' said Marschall. 'I basically cleared 5.82 three attempts in a row and just brushed it off each time. The good signs are there for my next competition in Stockholm in a few days.' 'I'm happy with the result but know that there is more height there for sure, so I will learn from this and keep building.' Olympian Sarah Carli (NSW) marked her long-awaited Diamond League debut with a fifth-place finish in the 400m hurdles (55.13 secs), American Dalilah Muhammad cruising to a win in 53.34 secs. Javelin thrower Mackenzie Little also finished fifth after a season's best of 59.86m, while Stewart McSweyn returned to the international stage with a 16th place finish in the 5000m, grinding out the distance in 13:16.20. Commonwealth champion Oliver Hoare faded to run 13th in 3:50.92 in the mile where compatriot Myers impressed most. Meanwhile, Norwegian hurdling great Karsten Warholm destroyed his own world best time in the rarely run 300 metres hurdles by chasing down American Rai Benjamin in a stunning finish. Roared on by the home crowd, the 2020 Olympic champion came off the corner behind Benjamin but roared past the man who had beaten him for Olympic gold last year in Paris to finish in a blistering 32.67 seconds, breaking his previous mark of 33.05 set in April. Warholm ripped off his shirt and spun it around his head in delight when his record time was flashed on the screen. 'I never really went away of course, but it is good to be back for sure,' Warholm said. 'I usually fade at the end of the 400, so the 300 suits me to some degree but I will be back strong in the 400 on Sunday.'
Perth Now
an hour ago
- Perth Now
Insane: Unsuspecting Reed lands albatross at US Open
Patrick Reed made the third double-eagle of his career on Thursday - and he's still only seen one of them go in. Reed raised his hands to the sky, wondering what happened when he unleashed a three-wood from 286 yards in the fairway of the par-5 fourth hole at the US Open. It was a beauty. The ball bounced three times then rolled towards the hole and into the cup. The so-called albatross is considered the rarest shot in golf, with only a few hundred dropping a year, compared to more than 30,000 holes-in-one. Reed said the best one he hit came at a tournament in Germany, when he came out in the morning to finish the last four holes after getting rained out the night before. He had two par 5s left and his wife, Justine, was urging him to attack those and get to three under. He parred the first, then made double eagle to close. "Two hours later, she was back at home and said, 'Way to finish the par 5s,'" Reed said. "I said, 'Did you actually look at the scorecard?' She said, 'No, I just saw you were at three under.' She clicked on it, and just looked at me. Hey, she told me to get to three under, she didn't tell me how to do it." The only one Reed saw came at Dominion Country Club in San Antonio when he was a kid. He hit driver off the deck onto the green while the group in front of him was still putting. "They turned around and looked at me, then they all started jumping because they watched the ball roll right past them and disappear," Reed said. "I didn't know I could get there." This marks just the fourth albatross at the US Open since the event started keeping such records in 1983. The 2018 Masters champion joins T.C. Chen (1985 at Oakland Hills), Shaun Micheel (2010 at Pebble Beach) and Nick Watney (2012 at Olympic). Despite the two on No.12, Reed finished at three-over 73 after finishing with triple bogey on No.18. "I was doing pretty well there until that last hole," Reed said.
