Comments on: Paris Olympics, Day 1 Finals: Ariarne Titmus Pulls Away From McIntosh, Ledecky to Secure Repeat 400 Freestyle Gold

By: Melanie

Melanie — Sun, 28 Jul 2024 04:56:59 +0000

The article contains a glaring error in saying “Titmus became only the second Australian to ever successfully defend a gold medal in an individual swimming race and the first to do so in a whopping 60 years.”

It would be true if it said Australian woman. Perkins, Hackett and Thorpe all successfully defended their olympic titles.

By: Glen Taylor

Glen Taylor — Sun, 28 Jul 2024 01:37:59 +0000

In reply to Kanga1. Interesting facts speaking of 1968 and petty bureaucracy I researched and found that Canada's 1968 17 year old teen sensation Elaine Tanner was not entered in the Butterfly her times would have won Gold back then...but that was 56 years ago hopefully things have changed for the better in the great white North

By: Kanga1

Kanga1 — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 22:59:49 +0000

Good onya Arnie!
Ofcourse Dawn Fraser should and would have made it 4 in a row as she was doing faster times in 1968 than the American winner. But petty bureaucracy of Aussie swimming officials kept her out of the Olympics.
Have to say I expected all medallists to be under 4min. But both Titmus and Ledecky (pronounced Leh-Dets-Skee) were a couple seconds slower than respective Trials.
I bet that McIntosh now wishes she’s in the 800m, as she’d certainly scare the American! Pity Fairweather didn’t match her PB ,that would have meant an Olympic Bronze.