Lani Pallister has produced an Australian record time at the world short course championships in Budapest, but it was not enough to successfully defend her 400m freestyle title.
The Sydneysider added silver to the gold she won at the same event in Melbourne two years ago, but still finished more than a length behind Canadian teen sensation Summer McIntosh.
Pallister then added a second silver in the women's 4 x 100m freestyle as she anchored Australia home behind the USA.
Meg Harris, Milla Jansen and Alexandria Perkins - who took Australia from fourth to second in an impressive third leg - made up the quartet.
McIntosh was in the Canadian team that took bronze in that event, but that was a personal footnote after winning her individual race in a world record 3.50:25, earning herself a $US25,000 ($A39,000) bonus.
The 18-year-old, who came second to Australia's Ariarne Titmus in the long course 400m freestyle at the Paris Olympics, led from the first turn and gradually pulled away, though Pallister was also on world record pace through 300m before fading.
Pallister finished in 3:53.73 to set an Oceania record.
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