O’CALLAGHAN SETS A WORLD RECORD AT SWIMMING WORLDS

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer

FUKUOKA, Japan (AP)

— Australian swimmer

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O’Callaghan picked up a knee injury about five weeks ago, described as anything from a dislocation to a simple tweak. She said it slowed her some in practice, and modified her training schedule. But heck, what’s a little injury matter. The 19-yearold O’Callaghan broke the world record yesterday in the 200-metre freestyle at the world championships, clocking 1 minute, 52.85 seconds to erase Federica Pellegrini’s mark of 1:52.98 — the oldest women’s record set in 2009 in the fast-suit era. “I’m just really shocked,” O’Callaghan said. “I was just expecting to have fun tonight and whatever I did I was going to be really happy. To come away with a world record is just amazing.”

She also picked up a check for $30,000, which