2024 Swimming WA Season Opener (Australia)
- May 18th (Sat) – May 19th (Sun)
- HBF Stadium, Western Australia
- LCM (50m)
- result: Meet Mobile – 2024 Swimming Washington State Winter Opener (LC)
The 2024 Australian Olympic Swimming Trials are approaching next month, and several athletes made their final preparations at the Western Australian Swimming Championships, which began today.
Among the participants were world championship multi-medalists. Iona Anderson Breakers WA.
Anderson, 18, competed in the women's 200m backstroke, but her results suggest she used the race as a way to focus on the first 100m as a time trial.
Anderson completed the first 100 meters in 58.53 seconds, becoming the first athlete in the history of the event to break the 59-second barrier and setting a lifetime record.
Anderson's effort, which opened in 28.33 seconds and closed in 30.20 seconds, shattered his previous personal fastest time of 59.12 seconds. This time earned her the silver medal at this year's World Championships, behind America's Claire Curzan (58.29 seconds).
Comparing the splits between Anderson's two best performances, the Breakers star attacked both ends of today's performance, improving her time from start to finish to become the fourth-best Australian women's 100m backstroker in history.
| Anderson’s new personal record – 58.53 | Anderson’s previous PR – 59.12 |
| 28.33 | 28.59 |
| 30.20 | 30.53 |
Top 5 Australian women's LCM 100 backstroke swimmers of all time
- Kayley McKeown – 57.33, 2023
- Molly O’Callaghan – 58.09, 2024
- Emily Seebohm – May 8, 2012 23
- Iona Anderson – 58.53, 2024
- minna atherton – 58.60, 2019
Despite being a world record holder and current Olympic champion, Kayley McKeown She is expected to aim for the top spot in the women's 100m at next month's trials, but the second spot on the roster will be chased by a number of talented athletes.
Molly O'Callaghan Although she is ranked as the second fastest Australian woman of all time, it is not certain whether she will qualify for this event at the Trials, much less qualify for Paris in this event. .
Australian finalists in Doha Jaclyn Barclay Like any new mom, she looks ready to hit the ground running Emily Seebohm He is aiming to participate in five consecutive Olympics.
rapidly improving hannah fredricks Last month at the British Open, she broke the minute barrier for the first time, scoring 59.69 points and potentially qualifying for the Olympics.
