Olympic champion Mollie O'Callaghan says she is fit to compete at the Commonwealth Games despite doctors telling her to stop swimming last month because of spinal stress fractures.

The 22-year-old Australian was in jeopardy after scans revealed injuries on her lumbar spine. After further assessment post‑Australian Swimming Trials, she was cleared to race in Glasgow and the Pan Pacific Championships.

O'Callaghan has won 8 Olympic medals, including five golds, and is the reigning 200 m freestyle world champion. She posted on Instagram that last month she was told she wouldn’t compete at Trials, the Commonwealth Games or Pan Pacs, and that she had to stop swimming immediately.

She is set to compete in the 100 m and 200 m freestyle, the 50 m backstroke and a mixed relay in Glasgow, though she notes things might look a little different. “I’ll give everything I have and do my absolute best every time I race,” she added.