Australia has never won three gold medals on the same night in the pool at an Olympics. Is that about to change?
The majority of Australians will wake up on Sunday morning having slept through what could end up being the most successful night in Australian swimming history at the Olympics.
Australia has never won three gold medals on the same night of swimming competition at an Olympics. There have been many instances where Australia has come away with two gold medals, but three first places in the same day is an elusive feat this team, described by Ian Thorpe as Australia’s greatest of all-time, would love to achieve.
Short, whose pre-race routine is eating his mum’s spaghetti bolognese – which is proving hard to find in Paris – thinks he can break Paul Biedermann’s world record of 3:40.07 which has stood since 2009.“He’s unbelievably good,” Grant Hackett, a Stan Sport expert, said of Short.
Ledecky is the greatest female swimmer of all-time and the word from Summer McIntosh’s camp is that she won’t flop like she did in this race at last year’s world championships when she finished a disappointing fourth. By this point of the night, two golds would be a dream result for Australia. It could give the team a monumental lift on night one, with swimmers saying it has an immense impact on the group.Onto the relays, where Australia’s women will be aiming to make it four gold medals in the same event across four Games. No Australian team, across any sport, has achieved this feat at an Olympics.
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