HUNTER swimmer Abbey Harkin has fallen agonisingly short of claiming a medal at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Harkin finished fifth in the women's 200-metre individual medley final early Tuesday morning (AEST).
Swimming from lane two, the 24-year-old finished with a time of 2:12.25, one hundredth of a second better than her personal best.
She was about a second and a half off third-placed Abbie Wood (England).
Canadian Summer McIntosh won the final in a time of 2:08.70. Fellow Australian Kaylee McKeown was second.
Harkin had qualified for the final with a time of 2:13.24 in her heat.
In her other event on day four of the games, the 100-metre breaststroke, Harkin qualified for the final.
She swam 1:07.61 in her semi-final, the sixth-fastest qualifying time.
The final will be held at 4:07am (AEST) on Wednesday morning.
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Meanwhile, Newcastle hockey player Matt Dawson has helped Australia to a 7-2 win over New Zealand.
The victory came a day after after the Kookaburras' emphatic 12-0 rout of Scotland.
