- Australia breaks Olympic record in Paris
- The women won the 4z200m freestyle relay
- It is the eighth gold medal the country has won at the Games.
The Australian 4x200m freestyle relay team has won gold at the Paris Olympics.
This victory is Australia’s eighth gold medal at the Games.
The Dolphins team of Mollie O’Callaghan, Lani Pallister, Brianna Throssell and Ariarne Titmus saluted in seven minutes and 40.33 seconds.
The United States won silver and China bronze.
Queen Mary of Denmark, the Tasmanian-born royal who is a distant relative of Ariarne Titmus, was on hand to watch the race and celebrated with them as they came to the stands to hug friends and family.
Shortly before the Games began, Titmus revealed: ‘We are actually cousins, but in an indirect way.’
‘One of Dad’s cousins is married to Mary’s cousin, which is actually quite funny as there’s a running joke that everyone born in Tasmania is related in some way!’
O’Callaghan has now won three golds in Paris – she was part of the winning women’s 4x100m freestyle team and won the 200m freestyle – and has now won five golds in her Olympic career.
Titmus, who won the 400m freestyle last Saturday evening, has won two golds in Paris and four golds in her Olympic career.
The relay victory is the first Olympic gold for Pallister, who is making her debut at this sporting highlight having recovered from a bout of COVID-19 that forced her to withdraw from the 1500m freestyle earlier in the Games.
Australia has won gold again in the pool in the women’s 4x200m freestyle final
Ariarne Titmus brought home the gold medal as the Aussies broke the Olympic record
Titmus is embraced by Brianna Throssell after the team’s victory in Paris
The quartet had a very famous fan in Queen Mary of Denmark – a distant relative of Ariarne Titmus – who celebrated with the gold medal winners after the race (pictured)
Queen Mary gave Titmus (left) a long hug and the couple had the biggest smiles on their faces as Australians rushed to the stands to embrace their friends and loved ones (Photo: Channel Nine)
Throssell is now a two-time Olympic champion, but this was her first victory in a final. Three years ago, she was one of the first swimmers on the Australian women’s team to win the 4x100m medley at the Tokyo Olympics.
The Australian swimming team won five of the country’s eight gold medals in Paris.
The 4x200m team will join Australian 4x100m freestyle relay team members Titmus (women’s 400m freestyle), O’Callaghan (women’s 200m freestyle) and Kaylee McKeown (women’s 100m backstroke) in Paris.
