A. titmus olympic games tokyo 202011/30/2022 ![]() Perhaps the surest bet at the pool, Britain’s Adam Peaty repeated as Olympic champion in the men’s 100 breaststroke. Italy took the silver in 3:10.11, with the bronze going to Australia in 3:10.22. won in 3:08.97, the third-fastest time in history. Blake Pieroni and Bowe Becker kept the Americans out front before Zach Apple turned in an anchor leg of 46.69 to leave no doubt at the end. The 24-year-old, tattooed Floridian swam the first leg in a blistering 47.26. out front, and the three who followed him in the relay made sure it stood up. Then the spotlight shifted to Dressel, who has been hailed as the successor to Michael Phelps.ĭressel put the U.S. The defending Olympic champion settled for the silver this time in 3:57.36 - the fourth-fastest time ever recorded and her best performance in three years. It was the second-fastest time in history, surpassed only by Ledecky’s world record of 3:56.46 from the 2016 Rio Games. #A. TITMUS OLYMPIC GAMES TOKYO 2020 FULL#Titmus, who trailed by nearly a full body-length at the halfway mark of the eight-lap race, turned on the speed to touch in 3 minutes, 56.69 seconds. To now finally being able to medal means so much,” she said.Australian Ariarne Titmus - nicknamed the “Terminator” - lived up to her billing when she chased down Ledecky in the 400 freestyle to win one of the most anticipated races of the Summer Games. “I knew I wanted to make the final at this meet and I feel like I always was so close to making the podium. Haughey, who won Hong Kong’s first swimming medal at the Olympics, was delighted to be on the podium. “I’m thinking about the relay and the 800m now and I don’t want to ruin the rest of my meet by celebrating too hard,” she said. Titmus is the first Australian woman to complete the 200m-400m Olympic double since Shane Gould at the 1972 Munich Games and she could add more to her tally. Titmus beamed as she held up her gold medal on the podium, and the tears then flowed as she hugged her coach Dean Boxall. That was a hell of a tough one … It’s not the time I thought I could do this morning, but it’s the Olympics and there’s a lot of other things going on,” Titmus said. Ledecky had been the favourite but Titmus knew Haughey was a real threat and while the time was slower than she had been gunning for, winning gold was all that mattered. The 20-year-old won in a time of 1:53.50, an Olympic record, with Haughey, who had set the pace for most of the race, second in 1:53.92.Ĭanadian Penny Oleksiak took the bronze in a time of 1:54.70 while Ledecky, a five-times Olympic gold medal winner, finished fifth in a time of 1:55.21. “I’m 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,” she told Australia’s ABC News. Titmus, dubbed the ‘Terminator’, accelerated in the final metres to touch just ahead of Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey and finish far ahead of favourite Katie Ledecky, who she beat for a second time after winning the 400m freestyle on Monday. Ariarne Titmus of Australia poses with her gold medal REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbachįrom 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. Tokyo 2020 Olympics – Swimming – Women’s 200m Freestyle – Medal Ceremony – Tokyo Aquatics Centre – Tokyo, Japan – July 28, 2021. ![]()
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