Mollie O’Callaghan took Ariarne Titmus’s 200m freestyle crown with a new Olympic record time in Paris
Mollie O'Callaghan, left, of Australia, and Ariarne Titmus, of Australia, hug after the 200m freestyle final at the 2024 Paris Olympics.Mollie O'Callaghan, left, of Australia, and Ariarne Titmus, of Australia, hug after the 200m freestyle final at the 2024 Paris Olympics.Last month, at Australia’s Olympic swim trials in Brisbane, former 200m freestyle world champion Mollie O’Callaghan broke her own world record.
O’Callaghan looked up, stunned. The pair embraced in the water, and then again on land. The Australians held their hands aloft together in a touching display of camaraderie. It was a battle between speed and endurance. O’Callaghan is a two-time world champion in the 100m freestyle and a strong favourite in the two-lap dash later this week. Titmus’s pet events are the 400m and 800m. Indicative of this divide, and the cordial but not exactly close relationship between them, the pair train in different groups within Boxall’s program – Titmus is part of the endurance squad, O’Callaghan swims with the sprinters.
In the women’s 100m backstroke semi-finals, Australia’s Kaylee McKeown qualified second fastest ahead of Tuesday night’s medal race. The 23-year-old is the reigning Olympic champion in both the 100m and 200m backstroke; in Paris, she will also contest the 200m individual medley. There is every possibility she could walk away with three gold medals.
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