Ariarne Titmus wins 200m freestyle gold

CANBERRA: Ariarne Titmus has cemented herself as one of Australia's greatest Olympians with a gold medal in the 200m freestyle and a second victory over the reigning champion Katie Ledecky of the US at Tokyo 2020.

Titmus stormed home from third at the final turn in Wednesday morning's final in Tokyo to win the event in one minute and 53.50 seconds — a new Olympic record.

Bernadette Haughey of Hong Kong took the silver in an Asian record time of 1:53.92, while Canadian Penny Oleksiak claimed the bronze in 1:54.70, with reigning Olympic champion Katie Ledecky fifth. Agencies

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