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Swimmer Erika Fairweather has emerged as a genuine medal hope at next year's Paris Olympics

Swimmer Erika Fairweather has emerged as a genuine medal hope at next year's Paris Olympics

4 April 2023

The Dunedin 19-year-old has become the sixth fastest woman ever in the 400m freestyle - finishing just 0.62 seconds over the four minute mark at the nationals in Auckland.

Swimming NZ's Olympic programme lead Gary Francis says it puts Fairweather in the mix with the likes of Canadian Summer McIntosh and American Katie Ledecky.

Her training partner Zac Reid has also booked in world championship qualification in the men's 400 freestyle.

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Other Swimming News

14 May: Summer McIntosh qualifies for 400m freestyle at Canadian Olympic trials in world leading time

14 May: Swimmer Summer McIntosh has issued a statement to rivals, including New Zealand's Erika Fairweather

12 May: Olympic swimmer Lewis Clareburt has set the fastest time in the world this year in the men's 400 metres individual medley at the Sydney Open Champs

09 May: Cameron Leslie, a multiple Paralympic champion and world-record holder, heads a team of five swimmers to the Paris Games

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04 May: A person's in hospital in a critical condition after a water incident at a Mount Albert swimming pool

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