Australian swimmer Ariarne Titmus breaks 200-meter freestyle world record

Haughey's rival smashes 200m freestyle world record

Swimmer Ariarne Titmus shattered fellow Australian Mollie O'Callaghan's 200 meters freestyle world record yesterday, touching in one minute, 52.23 seconds. Titmus hit the wall at Australia's Olympic trials in Brisbane ahead of O'Callaghan, who also went under her previous world record of 1:52.85,...

Australian swimmer Ariarne Titmus breaks 200-meter freestyle world record

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Ariarne Titmus broke the 200-meter freestyle world record at Australia’s Olympic swimming trials on Wednesday, getting the better of compatriot and teammate Mollie O’Callaghan in a thrilling race. It was so fast that O’Callaghan, who was the world record holder before Wednesday’s race, also beat her previous landmark time. Titmus, the reigning Olympic champion in the 200m and 400m freestyle, clocked a time of 1:52.2…

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Titmus breaks the women’s 200-meter freestyle world record at Australia’s Olympic swimming trials

Ariarne Titmus has broken the world record in the women’s 200-meter freestyle at Australia’s Olympic swimming trials.