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Australian wins 400m freestyle, Forrester stuns in 200m backstroke
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Women’s and men’s 4×100 freestyle relay teams cap dominant day one
Lani Pallister has consigned years of struggle and setbacks to history, opening Australia’s medal tally at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games with the first of six gold medals in the pool. Pallister’s dominant win in the 400m freestyle – the first final on the Games swimming program – was the perfect start to a Glasgow campaign that is expected to reap her a rich medal haul.
Mollie O’Callaghan later spearheaded a comfortable win in the women’s 4×100 freestyle relay, while the men’s 4×100 freestyle team rounded out the session by ruthlessly capturing Australia’s sixth gold medal. Kyle Chalmers closed clinically to ensure Australia smashed their Games record from Birmingham 2022, winning in 3:09.49.