The stage was set for the first stage of anointing the great Katie Ledecky the Queen of the Paris Olympics. No one told Australia's Ariarne Titmus. She topped the Team USA distance great in the ...

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NANTERRE, France — It was billed as one of the most anticipated races of the Paris Olympics. Ariarne Titmus turned it into a blowout. Titmus left Katie Ledecky in her wake at La Defense Arena, leading ...

TOKYO — In one of the most anticipated events of the Tokyo Olympics, American swimming standout Katie Ledecky lost to her Australian rival Ariarne Titmus by .67 of a second in the women’s 400-meter ...

Ariarne Titmus, the Australian swimmer who reached the top of the podium at two Olympic Games, said Thursday that she is retiring from competitive swimming to focus on other aspects of her life that ...

NANTERRE, FRANCE - JULY 27: Jack Alexy, Chris Guiliano, Hunter Armstrong and Caeleb Dressel of Team USA posing after winning the gold medal on Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Finals on day one of the ...

Australian four-time Olympic gold medallist Ariarne Titmus has retired from competitive swimming at the age of 25, ending a stellar career that featured one of the sport's great rivalries with ...

BRISBANE – The Olympic champion known affectionately as “Arnie” chose to terminate her elite swimming career immediately, an ending that caught her audience completely by surprise. Ariarne Titmus, a ...

Ariarne Titmus is ready to swim into a new era. The four-time Olympic gold medalist stunned fans as she announced her retirement from swimming Oct. 15, walking away from the sport at just 25 years old ...

Titmus has become one of Australian swimming’s biggest names after she ended US legend Katie Ledecky’s stranglehold on the middle-distance events at the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games. Titmus came away with ...