Pan Pacific Championships: Night Three Heat Sheets; Ledecky vs. Pallister – Part II
The third night of finals at the Pan Pacific Championships will get underway with Round Two of Katie Ledecky vs. Lani Pallister, this time in the 400-meter freestyle. On Night One, Ledecky edged Pallister in the 1500 freestyle, the Australian delivering a national record during her silver-medal performance. Earlier in the night, Pallister won gold in the 200 freestyle, as she defeated Canadian Summer McIntosh.
The final of the 400 freestyle was expected to feature Ledecky vs. Pallister vs. McIntosh, but a miscalculation of her prelims swim left McIntosh out of the championship heat and racing in the consolation final. On the men’s side, the 400 freestyle will be headlined by Australian Sam Short, already the gold medalist at Pan Pacs in the 800 freestyle. Short’s biggest challenge is expected to come from China’s Zhang Zhanshuo, the world junior record holder.
Following the finals of the 400 freestyle, there will be women’s and men’s races in the 100 butterfly, 200 backstroke, 50 breaststroke and 400 freestyle relay. In the men’s 400 free relay, the United States could threaten its world record of 3:08.24, which was set at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and included Jason Lezak producing his legendary anchor leg to run down France’s Alain Bernard.
Here is a look at the Night Three event lineup.
