Led by the two greatest 200m swimmers of all time, Australia came together once again to create an unstoppable winning machine at last.
The weight of expectation can hang far heavier and less comfortably than a gold medal ever could.Australia has once again asserted its dominance over the 4x200m relay, reclaiming a title it has won just once before despite being almost unbackable favourites.
And not just Australia's best. The world's best, who between them hold nine of the 11 fastest times in history. Her time of 1:53.52 was slower than her gold medal winning performance of 1:53.27, but fast enough to hand over to Pallister with a decent lead., clocked 1:55.61, but China was lurking as a genuine threat, hovering within a second of the Aussies in lane three.Ledecky didn't swim the individual despite winning the American trials, but she was flying here and pulled the Americans into second place.
Relays offer a glorious chance to celebrate together as one, but there are so many individual storylines to embrace as well.They did it — the Australian women's relay team were challenged but came through to win the 4x200m freestyle gold medal comfortably at La Defense Arena. "Bri and I have been roomies for three months and she has never stood on the Olympic podium before," Titmus told Nine.For Jamie Perkins, that was her first Olympic gold medal — O'Callagan draped hers around her neck during the victory lap. And why not? She already has two from this Games."She's there for me. She's been my roommate this whole meet. She has trained her arse off to get here. She's gone through a back injury, done everything possible.
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