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Paris Olympics 2024: ‘Terminator’ Titmus defends 400-metre freestyle title

Australia's gold medalist Ariarne Titmus now has three individual Olympic victories on her growing resume [Petr David Josek/AP]

Ariarne Titmus knocked off the USA’s Katie Ledecky again at the Olympics, defending her 400-metre freestyle title in one of the most highly anticipated races of the Paris Games.

Titmus, the Australian star known as “The Terminator,” prevailed in an event the American won at Rio de Janeiro in 2016, handing Ledecky a second straight defeat in the event.

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