Australia’s Lani Pallister has withdrawn from the women’s 1500m freestyle after testing positive for Covid, the Australian Olympic Committee announced an hour before her anticipated heat swim on Tuesday.
Pallister won bronze in the long distance event at the 2022 world championships, but opted to withdraw from the Paris 2024 race in the hope of recovering in time for Australia’s 4x200m freestyle relay on Thursday. The Dolphins are strong favourites in that event, after Mollie O’Callaghan and Ariarne Titmus won gold and silver in the individual 200m freestyle on Monday night.
