The Australian women have delivered another gold, with a record-breaking win in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay.
| Australia’s star-studded women’s swimming team pulled off a spectacular win in the 4x200m freestyle relay, setting a new Olympic record in a dominant display.
Brianna Throssell was able to hit the pool first in the third leg, and blitzed her initial 50 metres. Again, the Chinese were the initial danger, and then the accelerating American champion Katie Ledecky. Canada’s teen swimming sensation Summer McIntosh was also on that leg, but her team was already too far off the pace.“When I saw I had Summer and Katie, I was pretty nervous, but I just knew that I had to swim my race and just do the best that I can.
“I’m proud that they had faith in me … to put me last and get the job done,” Titmus said. Just days earlier, she and O’Callaghan had been rivals for the 200m crown. Now, they were united in victory. It was “very, very special up there on the podium with the girls”. The race was a disappointment for Zhang, the reigning Olympic champion who tested positive for a banned substance ahead of the Tokyo Olympics but was allowed to compete.
McEvoy has won a trio of bronzes in Olympic relays over the past two Olympics, but has only recently stamped his authority on the individual 50m freestyle, winning the event at the 2023 World Championships. Kaylee McKeown also booked a place in her second final, the 200m backstroke, one of the three golds she won in Tokyo – and the event for which she is the world record holder.She is in form, having already retained her 100m Tokyo Olympics crown in Paris. In the semis, she touched the wall in 2:07.57 – the second-fastest time behind American Phoebe Bacon.
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