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Mollie O’Callaghan has upstaged Ariarne Titmus to win 200m freestyle gold in the highly anticipated Olympic showdown between Australian teammates. Titmus was seeking to add to her legacy by becoming the only swimmer to go back-to-back in 200m and 400m freestyle. But O’Callaghan stormed to victory in 1:53.27, a new Olympic record, after biding her time in a mature performance.
Titmus entered the race as the favourite having broken O’Callaghan’s world record just six weeks ago. “You’ve just got to accept the challenge at the end of the day. You can either run or you can fight, I chose to fight,” O’Callaghan said. “I’m always striving for more and I always put a lot of pressure on myself. My expectations are very high, that was an amazing race but I’m always wanting that little bit more. “To be honest I did it for the country. I didn’t do it for myself.
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