Swimming: Erika Fairweather finishes 2024 world championships with 800m freestyle bronze

Erika Fairweather has won a full set of medals at the World Championships in Doha.
Erika Fairweather has won a full set of medals at the World Championships in Doha. Photo credit: Getty Images

New Zealand swimmer Erika Fairweather has extended her medal haul to three at the world swimming championships at Doha.

Fairweather won bronze in the women's 800 metres freestyle in a time of 8m 22.26s, with teammate Eve Thomas taking fourth in 8m 24.86s.

Italy's Simona Quadarella completed the distance double at Doha with just 0.09 seconds separating her and silver medalist Isabel Gose from Germany.

Fairweather pushed the pace through the first half of the race to lead at the halfway mark, but she couldn't hold on to the leading duo in the back half of the race.

Earlier in the championships, Fairweather, 20, sensationally won New Zealand's first-ever world championships title in the 400 metres freestyle and claimed silver in the 200 metres freestyle.

With the Paris Olympics approaching, many of the world's top swimmers chose to skip the Doha championships to focus on building towards Paris.

RNZ