Swimming superhero Ariane Titmus has led Australia to a new 4x200m freestyle relay world record as the team’s golden run at the Commonwealth Games pool continued with 10 more medals in Birmingham.
On Monday morning Titmus, the Olympic 200m champion, anchored the team of Madison Wilson, Kiah Melverton and Mollie O’Callaghan home to better China’s landmark time of last year, clocking seven minutes 39.29 seconds, shading China’s mark of 7:40.33 in Tokyo.The blistering relay effort topped a historic night for the Dolphins, as
by winning the 50m freestyle. She moved ahead of the previous record for most Commonwealth golds – 10 – held jointly by Australian swimmers Susie O’Neill, Ian Thorpe and Leisel Jones. “I actually felt like I was going a bit slow. On the way back, I was passing the other girls and I felt a bit of a wash and I didn’t really know how fast I was going. But the crowd definitely helped,” she said.
After the halfway point of the Birmingham competition, Australia’s swim team has 11 golds, nine silver and 12 bronze.McKeon has featured in three of the golds – two relays and the 50m freestyle triumph that elevated her name into the record books.And amid two days of controversy, Kyle Chalmers earlier reminded the swimming world of his raw talent by breaking the Games record in the 100m freestyle semi-final in 47.36 seconds.
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