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2026 NEW ZEALAND SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Wednesday, May 13th – Sunday, May 17th Sir Owen G. Glenn National Aquatic Centre LCM (50m) Meet Central Results LivestreamDay two of the 2026 New Zealand Swimming Championships unfolded with Olympian Erika Fairweather putting on a powerful display en route to winning the women’s 200m freestyle.
The 22-year-old world champion stopped the clock at an impressive time of 1:55.06 to break her own national record on her way to the gold medal.
After producing a solid morning heats swim of 1:58.75, Fairweather entered an entirely new gear in the final to overtake her former New Zealand benchmark of 1:55.44 logged at the 2023 edition of these championships.
Tonight, Fairweather dominated the field, with Caitlin Deans representing the next-fastest swimmer well over 3 seconds behind in 1:58.71 for silver. Visiting Australian Jade Starr also dipped under the 2:00 barrier in 1:59.59, good enough for bronze.
Comparing Fairweather’s previous and new record-breaking performances, the freestyle ace was simply faster all around during tonight’s feat, including posting a front half of 56.06 to her former early split of 56.37.
Fairweather’s New NZL 200 Free Record – 1:55.06 Fairweather’s Old NZL 200 Free Record – 1:55.44 27.17 27.23 28.89 (56.06) 29.14 (56.37) 29.96 29.93 29.04 29.14Fairweather now represents the 26th-swiftest women’s 200m free performer of all time as she nears the 1:55 threshold. The Kiwi also now ranks 5th in the world on the season.
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MollieAUSO'CALLAGHAN03/201:53.522SummerMCINTOSHCAN1:53.8003/063Siobhan Haughey HKG1:54.3104/174FreyaCOLBERT GBR1:54.3404/165LaniPALLISTERAUS1:55.6604/08View Top 26»Fairweather’s Individual NZL Records
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