By Syndicated Content
By Hritika Sharma
(Reuters) â Australiaâs swim team head home from the Tokyo Games with a haul of nine gold medals â their best ever performance at the Olympics, partly thanks to a switch to a new data analytics system aimed at improving athletesâ performances.
The âDolphinsâ were propelled to unprecedented success thanks to their womenâs team, led by Emma McKeon, Ariarne Titmus and Kaylee McKeown, who combined bagged eight gold medals, including the 4x100m freestyle and medley relays.
McKeon completed the sprint double, winning the 50m and 100m freestyle, before claiming two relay golds and surpassing Australian greats Ian Thorpe and Leisel Jones to become the countryâs most decorated Olympian with 11 medals.