澳大利亚游泳选手兰妮·帕利斯特在泛太平洋锦标赛女子800米自由泳决赛中以8:06.10的成绩击败美国传奇选手凯蒂·利迪基，领先幅度达1.16秒[1]。这一胜利标志着利迪基自2010年以来，在该项目国际赛事中首次失利，打破了她长达13年多的不败纪录[1]。
同日，澳大利亚选手萨姆·肖特以14:33.97的成绩打破了格兰特·哈克特保持25年的澳大利亚男子1500米自由泳纪录，原纪录为14:34.56秒，领先美国选手博比·芬克8.62秒[1]。肖特本周已获得400米和800米自由泳两枚金牌[1]。
Australian swimmer Lani Pallister achieved a historic milestone by winning the women's 800-meter freestyle at the Pan Pacific Championships, defeating American legend Katie Ledecky with a time of 8:06.10, a margin of 1.16 seconds[1]. The victory marks Ledecky's first loss in an international 800-meter freestyle competition since 2010, when she was 13 years old[1].
On the same day, fellow Australian Sam Short broke Grant Hackett's national record in the men's 1500-meter freestyle, clocking 14:33.97 to surpass the previous mark of 14:34.56 that had stood for 25 years[1]. Short's dominant performance came as part of a strong week for the swimmer, who has already claimed gold medals in both the 400-meter and 800-meter freestyle events[1]. In separate competition, German swimmer Johannes Liebmann set a world record in the 1500-meter freestyle at the European Championships with a time of 14:26.79[1].