America is freaking over Ariarne Titmus beating Katie Ledecky. But here's what really went down in their Tokyo Olympics epic.
Sports Illustrated senior writer Pat Forde offered a bit of cool-headed context.
"Her eyes gave her away, though, belying a trepidation inconsistent with arguably the most dominant female swimmer in history," the San Diego Union Tribune's Mark Ziegler"She looked nervous, anxious, tense, concerned. Justifiably so, it turned out. Four minutes later, her nearly decade-long reign over distance swimming had been usurped by a 20-year-old from the Australian island of Tasmania.
"Ledecky has been more admired than beloved; she has been almost as dominant as Simone Biles but not nearly as fun to watch," Sports Illustrated's Michael Rosenberg"In Rio, she won this race by almost five seconds, which is a lifetime. The gap between Ledecky and silver medallist Jazz Carlin was wider than between silver and seventh place.
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