Thomas Fraser-Holmes Picks Up First World Championships Spot Since 2015 after Suspension (VIDEO INTERVIEW)

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Photo Courtesy: Swimming Australia/Delly Carr

27-year-old Thomas Fraser-Holmes won the 400 IM close out the Australian Swimming World titles on Friday in Brisbane with a 4:14.68, picking up a World Championships spot. He was under the qualifying standard of 4:15.69 as he will be swimming in his first Worlds since 2015. He did not swim in 2017 after his ban for missed doping tests. Fraser-Holmes was slower than his season best of 4:14.32 from April but he still sits 11th in the world rankings for 2019.

Fraser-Holmes was also sixth earlier in the week in the 200 free, but guaranteed his spot on the World Championships team by getting under the qualifying standard of 4:15.69. This will be his fourth World Championships team after swimming in 2011, 2013 and 2015.

18-year-old Brendon Smith (4:17.35) had a big push to try to make the team but ultimately came short of the qualifying standard. He was a 4:14.91 earlier in the year at the Australian Championships in April and was certainly a favorite to get the second spot for Gwangju. He will have to wait until 2020 to make his debut at the senior level on the world stage.

24-year-old Jared Gilliland (4:19.46) was third in a season best for him.

Thomas Hauck (4:21.52), Se-Bom Lee (4:21.63), Elliott Rogerson (4:27.09), David Schlicht (4:27.68) and Lucas Humeniuk (4:34.00) also swam in the final.

 Event 28  Men 400 LC Metre IM
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        World: W 4:03.84  10/08/2008Michael Phelps, USA
 Commonwealth: C 4:09.62  30/07/2017Max Litchfield, Great Britain
   Australian: A 4:10.14  3/05/2013 Thomas Fraser-Holmes, Miami
   All Comers: R 4:06.22  1/04/2007 Michael Phelps, USA
         WCQT: Q 4:15.69
 Meet Qualifying:  4:38.46
    Name            Age Team              Prelims     Finals  FINA       
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                          === Finals ===                          
 
  1 FRASER-HOLMES,   27 GUSC              4:23.79    4:14.68Q  877  
    r:+0.71  26.25        56.74 (30.49)
        1:29.49 (32.75)     2:01.44 (31.95)
        2:36.98 (35.54)     3:13.96 (36.98)
        3:45.04 (31.08)     4:14.68 (29.64)
  2 SMITH, BRENDON   18 NUN               4:23.02    4:17.35   850  
    r:+0.71  26.56        57.50 (30.94)
        1:31.16 (33.66)     2:03.48 (32.32)
        2:41.07 (37.59)     3:19.12 (38.05)
        3:48.67 (29.55)     4:17.35 (28.68)
  3 GILLILAND, JARE  24 BGRAM             4:24.61    4:19.46   830  
    r:+0.70  26.52        58.22 (31.70)
        1:31.62 (33.40)     2:04.20 (32.58)
        2:41.03 (36.83)     3:18.30 (37.27)
        3:49.55 (31.25)     4:19.46 (29.91)
  4 HAUCK, THOMAS    16 ALLSA             4:26.25    4:21.52   810  
    r:+0.76  27.41        58.96 (31.55)
        1:31.20 (32.24)     2:03.49 (32.29)
        2:42.53 (39.04)     3:21.77 (39.24)
        3:52.55 (30.78)     4:21.52 (28.97)
  5 LEE, SE-BOM      17 CARL              4:23.63    4:21.63   809  
    r:+0.68  27.16        58.27 (31.11)
        1:30.52 (32.25)     2:02.99 (32.47)
        2:39.86 (36.87)     3:18.21 (38.35)
        3:50.21 (32.00)     4:21.63 (31.42)
  6 ROGERSON, ELLIO  19 NUN               4:28.54    4:27.09   760  
    r:+0.71  28.13        59.77 (31.64)
        1:34.70 (34.93)     2:08.59 (33.89)
        2:47.57 (38.98)     3:26.71 (39.14)
        3:57.84 (31.13)     4:27.09 (29.25)
  7 SCHLICHT, DAVID  19 MLC               4:30.20    4:27.68   755  
    r:+0.65  27.45        59.32 (31.87)
        1:35.16 (35.84)     2:10.38 (35.22)
        2:48.07 (37.69)     3:26.30 (38.23)
        3:57.29 (30.99)     4:27.68 (30.39)
  8 HUMENIUK, LUCAS  17 CHAND             4:35.52    4:34.00   704  
    r:+0.67  27.45        59.43 (31.98)
        1:34.94 (35.51)     2:09.67 (34.73)
        2:50.37 (40.70)     3:30.34 (39.97)
        4:02.88 (32.54)     4:34.00 (31.12)
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