Jul 27, 2021
Australia s rising star Ariarne Titmus is on a roll in Tokyo, and it doesn t look like anything will stop her any time soon as she snags yet another gold over Team USA s Katie Ledecky.
Titmus not only finished first but she set a new Olympic record in the women s 200-meter free with 1:53.50.
At first, it did not look like Titmus would medal at all as she hung outside of the top three for the first 100 meters. Known for her lightning finishes, the Australian powerhouse closed in during the final 50 meters to pull off the upset. Hong Kong s Siobhan Bernadette Haughey held the lead until the final 20 meters.
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Oleksiak was in fourth place after the third turn, but poured it on in the final 50 metres to get a spot on the podium.
“When I touched the wall I was in so much pain, my legs hurt! That was worth every second of pain I just went through,” Oleksiak said in a post-race television interview with CBC.
This is the first individual Olympic medal Oleksiak has won at this distance, and she didn’t even compete in this event at Rio 2016.
Oleksiak anchored the women’s 4×100-metre freestyle relay team to a silver medal on the weekend. Five years ago in Rio, Oleksiak won gold in the 100-metre freestyle and silver in the 100-metre butterfly, to go with a pair of bronze medals with relay teams.
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