Australia’s men take centre stage in bid to match women in Olympic pool | Kieran Pender

The Dolphins coach predicts big things when Kyle Chalmers leads the charge in Thursday’s finals

Australia’s swimmers have won four gold medals at Tokyo 2020 to date, one a day over the first four days of finals. All have been won by women – two to new freestyle queen Ariarne Titmus, one to backstroke prodigy Kaylee McKeown and a relay gold in the 4x100m freestyle. Australia’s male swimmers have hardly had a bad meet – three bronze medals and one silver. But at Tokyo they are being outshone by their female counterparts.

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