Australia's Titmus hailed as icon after 200m freestyle gold in Tokyo

CANBERRA, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Ariarne Titmus has cemented herself as one of Australia's greatest Olympians with a gold medal in the 200m freestyle and a second victory over the reigning champion at Tokyo 2020.

Titmus stormed home from third at the final turn in Wednesday morning's final in Tokyo to win the event in one minute and 53.50 seconds - a new Olympic record.

Bernadette Haughey of Hong Kong, China