“I didn’t know if I would even have the opportunity to swim in the heat.”
However, Pallister thankfully recovered for the 4x200m freestyle relay, joining forces with Mollie O’Callaghan, Brianna Throssell and Ariarne Titmus to post an Olympic record time of 7:38.08.
“That isolation room sucked, but I’m stoked I’m negative,” Pallister laughed while speaking to Channel 9 after the medal ceremony.
“I would hate to put these girls in a position where I’d ruined their meet.
“The medical staff at the AOC did an incredible job looking after me and the other athletes on the Australian team that have Covid.
“I didn’t think that I’d be part of this relay at the start of the week, so to be here standing with them, I don’t think I could ask for anything more from my Olympic experience.”
