A Shayna Jack bronze medal in the final of the women's 100m freestyle was the highlight of the sixth night of pool action at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha.
In her 10th race in six days, Jack touched in 52.83 seconds, barely half a second behind the Netherlands Marrit Steenbergen (52.26) and Hong Kong's Siobhan Haughey (52.56).
Jack's medal haul now sits at two silvers and two bronze medals.
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The 25-year-old admitted she was nervous before the final, but shook it off to perform exactly as she wanted.
"I'm really proud of myself for that race, it was all about execution, and I did exactly what I was looking for tonight," she said.
"It's always special to stand on the podium for my country – my main focus is Paris and coming here, I wanted to race as much as possible.
"That was race number 10 – and I have the 50 and then relays.
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"This experience was about embracing as much as I can. That was a quality field and now I'll warm down, get a massage, and start focusing on the 50m."
Elsewhere, Cameron McEvoy is on track to defend his 50m freestyle crown. He clocked a 21.23 in his semi final – barely two tenths outside Brazilian Cesar Cielo's world record.
The Aussie will enter Saturday night's final as top seed. He will be joined in the final by fellow Aussie Isaac Cooper, who qualified seventh, touching in 21.74 seconds.
Ukraine's Vladyslav Bukhov qualified second fastest (21.38) and Great Britain's Ben Proud third (21.54).
In the women's 200m backstroke semi-final, Jaclyn Barclay touched at 2:08.85 to slash two seconds off her heat time to qualify second behind American Claire Curzan (2:07.01).
Curzan will aim to become the second woman to sweep the individual backstroke events at a long-course World Championships. Kaylee McKeown – who is one of a string of athletes who elected to skip Doha the meet to focus on Paris 2024 preparations – was the first to do it last year.
A Shayna Jack bronze medal in the final of the women's 100m freestyle was the highlight of the sixth night of pool action at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha.
In her 10th race in six days, Jack touched in 52.83 seconds, barely half a second behind the Netherlands Marrit Steenbergen (52.26) and Hong Kong's Siobhan Haughey (52.56).
Jack's medal haul now sits at two silvers and two bronze medals.
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The 25-year-old admitted she was nervous before the final, but shook it off to perform exactly as she wanted.
"I'm really proud of myself for that race, it was all about execution, and I did exactly what I was looking for tonight," she said.
"It's always special to stand on the podium for my country – my main focus is Paris and coming here, I wanted to race as much as possible.
"That was race number 10 – and I have the 50 and then relays.
Watch the 2024 World Aquatics Championships live and exclusively on 9Now.
"This experience was about embracing as much as I can. That was a quality field and now I'll warm down, get a massage, and start focusing on the 50m."
Elsewhere, Cameron McEvoy is on track to defend his 50m freestyle crown. He clocked a 21.23 in his semi final – barely two tenths outside Brazilian Cesar Cielo's world record.
The Aussie will enter Saturday night's final as top seed. He will be joined in the final by fellow Aussie Isaac Cooper, who qualified seventh, touching in 21.74 seconds.
Ukraine's Vladyslav Bukhov qualified second fastest (21.38) and Great Britain's Ben Proud third (21.54).
In the women's 200m backstroke semi-final, Jaclyn Barclay touched at 2:08.85 to slash two seconds off her heat time to qualify second behind American Claire Curzan (2:07.01).
Curzan will aim to become the second woman to sweep the individual backstroke events at a long-course World Championships. Kaylee McKeown – who is one of a string of athletes who elected to skip Doha the meet to focus on Paris 2024 preparations – was the first to do it last year.
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