Sydney: Dual Olympic champion Grant Hackett finished third in the 400-metres freestyle final in his comeback swim after seven years out of the pool at Australia-s world championship trials in Sydney yesterday.


Grant Hackett smiles after finishing third in the 400-metres freestyle final at Australia’s World Championship trials in Sydney yesterday. Pic/Getty Images 

The 34-year-old, in his first major meet since the 2008 Beijing Olympics, clocked three minutes, 46.53 seconds to finish with the bronze medal behind Mack Horton 3:42.84 and defending champion David McKeon 3:44.28.