Australia’s rising star impressed in Adelaide and all eyes will be on the women’s 400m freestyle at this year’s world championships
It has certainly been an eventful week in Australian sport. From Israel Folau to Valentine Holmes, Katie Brennan to Winx, there has been no shortage of talking points. Likewise in Adelaide, where the national swimming championships threw up a number of interesting storylines that served as useful pointers ahead of a defining 12 months in the pool.
The championships, which were held at the SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre, have in the past doubled as selection trials for the next big international swimming meet – in this case, July’s world championships in South Korea. This year, however, the team will be selected at a meet in Brisbane in June, in line with Swimming Australia’s new policy of scheduling official trials for major meets closer to the actual event.
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