Mollie O'Callaghan has capped a brilliant week at the swimming World Cup in Toronto, setting a new short-course world record in the 200-metre women's freestyle.

The 21-year-old Australian obliterated a star-studded field to touch in 1:49.36 on Friday, just seven days after setting a then-new mark of 1:49.77.

O'Callaghan swam away from compatriot Lani Pallister, who equalled her personal best of 1:51.75, and New Zealand's Erika Fairweather (1:52.71) for an all-Australasian podium.

O'Callaghan crushes 200m world record

Mollie O'Callghan breaks the women's short course 200m freestyle world record on day two of the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup second leg in Illinois.

In the aftermath of all-time Australian swimming great Ariarne Titmus's retirement at age 25, O'Callaghan produced a p

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