Ariarne Titmus and Australia’s swimmers wrap up golden Commonwealth Games

Ariarne Titmus and Kiah Melverton after the women’s 400m freestyle final at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre in Birmingham. Photograph: Dave Hunt/AAP

Ariarne Titmus, Sam Short and the women’s 4x100m relay medley team picked up yet more gold for Australia as the Commonwealth Games swimming competition came to a close in Birmingham. A hugely successful campaign in the pool ended with the triple triumph on Thursday morning AEST to bring Australia’s golden tally to 25 by the final reckoning.

Titmus claimed victory in the women’s 400m freestyle – the 21-year-old’s seventh Commonwealth gold, in addition to two Olympic golds and two world titles – after edging out emerging 15-year-old Canadian star Summer McIntosh, with Australia’s Kiah Melverton claiming bronze.