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Lani Pallister has obliterated one of swimming icon Katie Ledecky’s most famous world records with a swim for the ages on Sunday. The Aussie distance swimmer blew everyone out of the water on Day 3 of the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup meet in Toronto, wiping off more than three seconds off Ledecky’s previous 800m short course record, set in 2022. Her time of 7:54.00 was more than 15 seconds ahead of her nearest challenger, Kiwi Erika Fairweather. The swimming world has been blown away by Pallister’s famous swim, which came just one day after she also took gold in the 400m freestyle in the Toronto pool. Lani Pallister's face said it all. Australia's Lani Pallister celebrates after setting a new world record. Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP. In Sunday’s action, Pallister blitzed her way to go well under the world record pace early in the race and she never looked like falling behind the record line. During the final day in Toronto of the 2025 Swimming World Cup, Lani Pallister simply demolished the women's 800 freestyle in 7:54.00. She was 3.42 seconds faster than Katie Ledecky's previous mark from the 2022 World Cup. What an epic performance! pic.twitter.com/fTUumJtjQO— Swimming Stats (@SwimmingStats) October 25, 2025 Leading Canadian swimming journalist Devin Heroux wrote on X: “Australian powerhouse Lani Pallister breaks Katie Ledecky’s 800m short course world record. “Pallister smashed it. Posts a time of 7:54.00 with the crowd here roaring. Australian journalist Tom Decent posted: “Ridiculous from Lani Pallister. Annihilates Katie Ledecky’s 800 free shortcourse world record by more than three seconds”. Copied URL to clipboard Kaylee McKeown wins again in epic finish Kaylee McKeown has once again defeated her American rival. Her swim was one of three world records that fell in a day of drama in Canada. Three world records had already fallen across the opening two days of the meet. Aussie assassin Kaylee McKeown set a world on Sunday, breaking her own record in the 200m backstroke. With yet another trademark comeback win against rival Regan Smith, McKeown set the new short course record at 1:57.33. Smith had once again looked to have a marginal lead late in the race, but McKeown remains an unstoppable force when it comes to the final lunge for the wall. On Day 2 of the meet, Aussie star Mollie O’Callaghan earlier set a new world record in the women’s 200m freestyle. Join the conversation (1 Comment) Add your comment to this story To join the conversation, please log in. Don't have an account? Join the conversation, you are commenting as More related stories Aussie breaks WR, in a league of her own Australia’s Mollie O’Callaghan has done it again, breaking a swimming world record for the second time in the space of a week. McKeown makes history, insane world record Kaylee McKeown has made history in incredible scenes on Monday, cementing herself as Australia’s swimming golden girl. McKeown makes history with world record swim against US rival A day on from Mollie O’Callaghan making history with a short course world record, Kaylee McKeown has set a record of her own in the backstroke at the Swimming World Cup. Registration In The Know Quiz Newsletters Competitions Welcome to news.com.au Code of Conduct Help and Support General Feedback Advertise with us Standards of Practice Licensing & Reprints Our News Network The Daily Telegraph The Courier Mail Our Partners realestate.com.au CODE Sports A NOTE ABOUT RELEVANT ADVERTISING: We collect information about the content (including ads) you use across this site and use it to make both advertising and content more relevant to you on our network and other sites. 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