Max Giuliani has won one final medal to provide a silver lining for Australia's swimmers at a record-busting world short course championships destined to go down in history as the 'Gretchen Walsh Games'.
Giuliani finished second in the 200m freestyle final on the last day of the championships in Budapest on Sunday as the Dolphins finished with a dozen medals, headed by the two golds from Lani Pallister and Elijah Winnington.
But at a championships featuring 30 new world marks in the Duna Arena's 25-metre pool, the Aussies were largely bit-part players alongside the 21-year-old American Walsh, who set 11 world records over six days - nine individual and two in relays.
