Overview
- At the Australian Short Course Championships in Sydney on Thursday, Jenna Forrester lowered the Australian women's 400m individual medley record to 4:28.39 and won gold, a time comfortably inside the Beijing qualifying mark.
- Flynn Southam won the men's 100m freestyle in 45.61, which is well under the 46.09 qualifying standard and strengthens his bid for an individual spot at the World Short Course Championships.
- Olivia Wunsch posted a personal best of 51.72 to win the women's 100m freestyle and clear the 52.31 qualifying time, while Iona Anderson and two other backstrokers also went under the 200m backstroke standard.
- Rowan Crothers followed a world-record swim earlier in the week by equaling his national multiclass 50m freestyle mark, and Josh Collett narrowly missed the 50m breaststroke national record with a 26.09 victory.
- With Swimming Australia limited to a 24‑athlete roster for Beijing in December, these short‑course results matter because turns and underwaters can change outcomes and the times give selectors measurable short‑course form to weigh before the final team is announced.