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Australian swimmer Ariarne Titmus has stormed home to win her second gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics in the women's 200-metre freestyle.
Titmus' second gold lifts Australia's medal tally at the Tokyo Games to seven gold, one silver and five bronze medals.
Titmus' 200m final was billed as another match race against US great Katie Ledecky.
Ledecky finished fifth, with Titmus' main challenge coming from China's Hong Kong based swimmer Siobhan Bernadette Haughey.
It's a golden double 🥇
Ariarne Titmus adds to her #Tokyo2020 gold medal collection with a stunning performance in the 200m Freestyle Final.#7Olympics | #Swimmingpic.twitter.com/ABGanvNYyL— 7Olympics (@7olympics) July 28, 2021