READ MORE:<\/strong> 'Vindicated' Cummins' perfect response after shocker<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Selectors urged to make call on 'erratic' Ashes star<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The victory saw the \ufeffteen sensation conquer reigning Olympic champion and fellow Australian Emma McKeon<\/a>, who was third at the halfway mark but faded to finish fifth in a time of 52:83.<\/p>\n Haughey (52.49) swam to Hong Kong's first medal of the meet ahead of the Netherlands' Marrit Steenbergen (52.71) in third.<\/p>\n The victory marks four gold medals from four events for O'Callaghan after the 19-year-old topped the field and set a world record in the women's 200m freestyle on Wednesday night, to go with her other two successful relay swims.<\/p>\n Stream the World Aquatics Championships \ufefflive and free on<\/strong><\/em> 9Now<\/strong><\/em><\/a>!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n This is the second-biggest gold rush by an Australian female with Libby Trickett collecting five golds medals at the 2007 world championships.<\/p>\n O'Callaghan could be selected in two more relays \u2013 the mixed 4x100m freestyle relay on Saturday and the 4x100m medley relay on Sunday.<\/p>\n Ian Thorpe is the only Australian to achieve six gold medals at the same world championships\ufeff.<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a>!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n