Published: July 26, 2021
- Australian wins gold ahead of American rival
- Emma McKeon and men’s relay team add bronze medals
The reign of American swimming legend Katie Ledecky is over – at least for now. The five-times Olympic gold medallist was beaten by Australian 20-year-old Ariarne Titmus in the muchhotly-anticipated women’s 400m freestyle final at Tokyo 2020, with Games debutant Titmus outlasting her more experienced rival to come within a quarter of a second of a new world record.
When Titmus set the previously-second fastest time in history at the Australian trials in June, she delivered a message to her American rival. “Well, she’s not going to have it all her own way I guess,” said the Tasmanian. Those words took on new meaning on Monday.
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