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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.
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Tears of joy flowed for Titmus as she stood on the top step of the podium for the second time at these Games. Her coach Dean Boxall, who was thrust into the spotlight for his celebrations on Monday, was once again ecstatic – if somewhat less animated.
“I’m pretty good at containing my emotion,” said Titmus. “That’s something I had to do really well after the 400m, because the 200m was right after. I think it’s a bit of a skill trying to contain it and back up. But now that I haven’t got a swim tonight I kind of let it out a bit. Seeing him emotional makes me emotional. This is a great partnership. This is not just me winning – this is him winning as well.”
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Jul 27, 2021 | 10:42 PM
TOKYO (Reuters) â From growing up in a small town in Tasmania to winning two gold medals at her first Olympic Games, Ariarne Titmus said she has proved anything is possible if you believe in yourself after the Australian took the 200m freestyle title at the Tokyo Olympics.
Titmus, dubbed the âTerminatorâ, accelerated in the final metres to touch just ahead of Hong Kongâs Siobhan Haughey and finish far ahead of favourite Katie Ledecky, who she beat for a second time after winning the 400m freestyle on Monday.
âIâm just from a small town in Tasmania and it just goes to show if you believe you can do something, you can 100% do it if you work for it,â she told Australiaâs ABC News.