Photo Courtesy: Steve Christo/Swimming Australia
The Campbell sisters put up a 1-2 finish to both head to Rio in the 100 freestyle.
Cate led the way, posting a 52.38, knocking three hundredths off her own world leading time.
Bronte was just two tenths behind in 52.58, knocking two tenths off her own time, and moving into position as the sole holder of the second fastest time in the world this year. She was previously tied for second with Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom.
Emma McKeon was third in 52.80. That is the world’s fourth ranked time, but will not get an individual berth in Rio. Fourth place Britta Elmslie also cleared Australia’s Olympic cut with a 53.54.
Sjostrom now sits third in the world in 52.78.
=== Finals ===
1 CAMPBELL, CATE 23 COMM 52.41 52.38A 982 r:+0.79 24.86 52.38 (27.52) 2 CAMPBELL, BRONT 21 COMM 52.78 52.58. 971 r:+0.68 24.94 52.58 (27.64) 3 MCKEON, EMMA 21 STPET 52.98 52.80Q 959 r:+0.72 25.34 52.80 (27.46) 4 ELMSLIE, BRITTA 21 BGRAM 53.62 53.54Q 919 r:+0.72 25.94 53.54 (27.60) 5 COUTTS, ALICIA 28 REDLA 54.67 54.09 892 r:+0.74 26.00 54.09 (28.09) 6 NGAWATI, KOTUKU 21 MVC 54.59 54.10 891 r:+0.66 26.39 54.10 (27.71) 7 BARRATT, BRONTE 27 STPET 54.40 54.39 877 r:+0.63 26.29 54.39 (28.10) 8 JACK, SHAYNA 17 COMM 54.39 54.68 863 r:+0.73 25.89 54.68 (28.79)
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