{"id":447928,"date":"2025-04-23T11:29:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T11:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=447928"},"modified":"2025-04-23T23:15:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T23:15:24","slug":"like-im-kicking-with-one-leg-ocallaghans-jarring-admission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=447928","title":{"rendered":"'Like I'm kicking with one leg': O'Callaghan's jarring admission"},"content":{"rendered":"

BRISBANE:<\/strong> Australian swimming<\/a> superstar Mollie\ufeff O'Callaghan<\/a> has given a jarring insight into the battle she's fighting with her left knee on the road back from a dislocation, revealing she feels like she's "kicking with one leg" and swimming "in circles".<\/p>\n

The reigning Olympic gold medallist in the 200m freestyle<\/a>\ufeff has returned to competition at the Australian swimming championships in Brisbane this week.<\/p>\n

At Brisbane Aquatic Centre on Wednesday night, the 21-year-old finished second to Kaylee McKeown in the 50m backstroke final, posting 27.51 seconds as the backstroke queen took victory in 27.22.<\/p>\n

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O'Callaghan also contested the \ufeff400m freestyle final on Wednesday night, finishing as the third Australian and fourth overall with a time of 4:10.63.<\/p>\n

On Monday night, the Ipswich product won the 100m freestyle title in 53.12<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"Mollie<\/p>\n

She will race the 200m freestyle on Thursday, the final day of the national championships, although spectators won't see a rematch between her and Ariarne Titmus.<\/p>\n

"The Terminator" is having a break from the pool after successfully defending her Olympic 400m freestyle crown in Paris last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Talking to reporters poolside on Wednesday night, O'Callaghan made it clear she was still struggling with her knee after dislocating it in January.<\/p>\n

"I think at the stage where I am right now … the past couple of months have been the hardest for me, especially rehabbing, and I'm still rehabbing, illness, my bad kn\ufeffee, so I'm not fully there yet," O'Callaghan said.<\/p>\n

\"O'Callaghan<\/p>\n

"It's kind of like I'm kicking with one leg at the moment and in circles pretty much.<\/p>\n

"It's just been frustrating, the build-up to this."<\/p>\n

Although O'Callaghan dislocated her left knee this year, it was her right that she dislocated a month out from the 2023 world championships held in Fukuoka.<\/p>\n

She is susceptible to knee dislocations because of hypermobility.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"It's been nice to come here and lean on my experience," added O'Callaghan, who's coached by the passionate and eccentric Dean Boxall at St Peters Western in Brisbane.<\/p>\n

"I haven't done that much training or main sessions; it's been quite modified. The process has been quite long so far.<\/p>\n

\"McEvoy<\/p>\n

"So to come here and just swim for the sake of swimming [and with] no pressure behind it, no pressure on outcome, [was nice]. It was just about coming here, racing, getting my first race of the year out of the way, and seeing where I'm tracking along."<\/p>\n

The national championships are separate to the world championship trials, which will be held in Adelaide from June 9-14.<\/p>\n

Singapore will host the world championships between July 27 and August 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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