Distance freestyle star Sam Short has continued to raise the stakes, breaking the Australian 800m record at the Commonwealth Games swim trials in Sydney.
Short touched in seven minutes and 36.73 seconds to take out Wednesday's final at Sydney Olympic Park, on the same evening Cam McEvoy fell short of breaking his 50m freestyle world record.
Making it three wins from three in Sydney, the 22-year-old Short eclipsed his previous 800m freestyle national record of seven minutes 37.76 seconds, set in 2023.
Having won the 200m and 400m events earlier in the week, Short remains adrift of the world record of seven minutes 32.12 seconds set 17 years ago by China's Lin Zhang.
"That 7.32, is, I would say, arguably the most untouchable," Short said.
