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The women’s 400-meter freestyle race, billed as a rematch between rivals Ariarne Titmus of Australia and Katie Ledecky of the US, was one of the most hotly anticipated contests of the first full ...
Ariarne Titmus turned it into a blowout. Titmus left Katie Ledecky in her wake on a raucous opening night at La Defense Arena, leading from start to finish to win the 400-meter freestyle Saturday.
U.S. swimmer Katie Ledecky dropped her first showdown with Australian rival Ariarne Titmus, placing third in the 400-meter freestyle at the Olympics.
NANTERRE, France (AP) — Ariarne Titmus knocked off Katie Ledecky again at the Olympics, winning the 400-meter freestyle Saturday in one of the most highly anticipated races of the Paris Games. Titmus, the Australian star known as “The Terminator,” handed Ledecky a second straight defeat in an event the American won at Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
Terminated again: Titmus hands Ledecky another Olympic defeat, claiming gold in the 400 free; Australia's Ariarne Titmus wins 400-meter freestyle, defeating Canada's Summer McIntosh and Katie Ledecky gets bronze. Mets ace Kodai Senga expected to miss rest of regular season with calf strain
The race that everyone turned out to see never really got going.
TOKYO (Reuters) -Australia's Ariarne Titmus dethroned five-time Olympic gold medallist Katie Ledecky of the United States to win a thrilling women's 400m freestyle final at the Tokyo Games on Monday.
On the first day of competition, Ledecky placed second in the 400-meter freestyle to Ariarne Titmus, who set a new world record in the event (3:55.38). Ledecky's time of 3:58.73 topped New Zealand's Erika Fairweather (3:59.59) and Canada's Summer McIntosh (3:59.94) in the first women's 400-meter race that saw four swimmers break the 4-minute ...