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<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of weird, I never thought I\u2019d individually have a world record,\u201d Pallister said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI guess short course is the first step to the goals that I have for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
The result is another sign of things to come for Pallister, who nearly defeated Ledecky in the long-course 800m free at the 2025 world championships.<\/p>\n
Pallister is reaping the rewards of a brave coaching switch earlier this year.<\/p>\n
She made the tough decision to part ways with her mum Janelle, a Commonwealth Games gold medallist and dual Olympian, and link up with Ariarne Titmus\u2019s former mentor Dean Boxall.<\/p>\n
\u201cOMG Lani you are amazing,\u201d mum Janelle wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n
\u201cAn incredible swim. I\u2019m in awe of you and so proud of you. WORLD RECORD HOLDER.\u201d<\/p>\n
Janelle made her own coaching move this year, linking up with Melbourne\u2019s Surrey Park in September, but on Saturday announced she had stepped down to return home to Queensland for personal reasons.<\/p>\n
Pallister dominated the short-course race on Saturday local time (Sunday AEDT), winning by more than 15 seconds ahead of New Zealanders Erika Fairwather and Caitlin Deans.<\/p>\n
The Australian went out hard, posting a halfway split that would have placed her second in the 400m, only behind her own winning time.<\/p>\n
That put her two seconds under world-record pace and she stretched the advantage further in the third 200m before closing out in style.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Kaylee McKeown lowered her week-old world record in the 200m backstroke at the World Cup event.<\/p>\n
McKeown touched in 1:57.33, faster than her 1:57.87 from a week ago, to edge out Regan Smith from the US, who also swam just under McKeown\u2019s previous mark with 1:57.86.<\/p>\n
Fellow American Phoebe Bacon closed out the podium but was more than three seconds behind the Aussie star.<\/p>\n
McKeown\u2019s win puts her second in the overall World Cup standings and on top for the Toronto meet.<\/p>\n
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