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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Sport
Nicole Jeffery

Australia poke US bear to ramp up swimming rivalry for Olympic Games

Ariarne Titmus during an announcement for the Australian Olympic team swimmers for Paris 2024.
Ariarne Titmus heads to the Paris Olympics ranked No 1 in the world in the 200m and 400m freestyle. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

Cowbells. Australia’s Olympic swimmers could be hearing them in their sleep, and definitely will be hearing them in their waking hours at the Paris Olympic pool, after the US-Australian rivalry ignited this week.

Comments that Australia’s former sprint queen Cate Campbell made last year about the sweetness of beating the US team and their “infernal cowbell” were the talk of the US swimming trials that finished in Indianapolis earlier this week.

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