Australian women off to a dominant start in their Olympic swimming rivalry with the US

Swimmers from Australia celebrate after winning the women's 4x100-meter freestyle relay final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Nanterre, France.

Swimmers from Australia celebrate after winning the women's 4x100-meter freestyle relay final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Nanterre, France. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)


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NANTERRE, France — The Australian women are about the surest thing in swimming, and they showed it Saturday on the first night in the Paris Olympic pool. They picked up two gold medals led by Ariarne Titmus in the 400-meter freestyle, and another in the 4x100 freestyle relay. That was their fourth straight Olympic gold in the event dating from the 2012 London Games.

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