2023 WORLD AQUATICS SWIMMING WORLD CUP – BUDAPEST
- Friday, October 20th – Sunday, October 22nd
- Budapest, Hungary
- LCM (50m)
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- Day 1 Prelims Recap | Day 1 Finals Recap
- Day 2 Prelims Recap | Day 2 Finals Recap
- Day 3 Prelims Recap | Day 3 Finals Recap
Australia’s Lani Pallister won the women’s 800 free on Sunday to closer her competition at the 2023 Swimming World Cup Series, winning by more than seven seconds and breaking her own World Cup Record in the event.
She swam 8:15.11, bettering her 8:16.82 from the opening Berlin stop of the meet. Prior to this year, the record was an 8:22.24 set by another Australian, Kiah Melverton, in 2019. The time ranks her 7th on the all-time list of top performers in the event.
Splits Comparison:
| Berlin World Cup | Budapest World Cup | Difference | |
| 100m | 59.47 | 58.44 | -1.03 |
| 200m | 62.59 | 62.13 | -0.46 |
| 300m | 62.11 | 62.4 | 0.29 |
| 400m | 62.73 | 62.28 | -0.45 |
| 500m | 62.24 | 62.13 | -0.11 |
| 600m | 62.36 | 62.45 | 0.09 |
| 700m | 62.38 | 62.82 | 0.44 |
| 800m | 61.94 | 62.46 | 0.52 |
| Final Time | 8:16.82 | 8:15.11 | -1.71 |
Pallister swept the women’s distance races this season at the Swimming World CUp, but technically doesn’t get a Crown because the Athens stop had a 1500 free instead of the 800 free (though she also set a World Cup Record in the 1500 in 15:55.73).
More globally speaking, the time moves her just 1.52 seconds behind her countrymate Ariarne Titmus, who won the bronze medal in this race at the 2023 World Championships. While Titmus’ specialization has settled into the middle distance 200 and 400 freestyle windows, she continues to race this 800 internationally, given that it’s usually scheduled at major meets after those other two events.
Titmus is Pallister’s primary target for an Olympic medal in this race. Pallister finished 7th at Worlds in 8:21.33. Her best time coming into the season was an 8:17.77 from the 2022 Australian Championships.
Any chance she makes a run at ledecky …. nah, I didn’t think so.
Lol no one is making a run at Ledecky unless Ledecky gets sick or injured
Even when she’s sick back in 2019 she still won.
😂
Now 7th on the all-time list.
This is good for Lani’s confidence, she’s backed up 3 weeks in a row and finished with her best race. Looking forward to seeing what she can do in 2024.
Great swim by Lani, hope she can improve going to Paris.
She has been a bit inconsistent on the big stage.