Australian swim sensation Ariarne Titmus looks ahead to a third showdown with ...

Australian swim sensation Ariarne Titmus looks ahead to a third showdown with ...
Australian swim sensation Ariarne Titmus looks ahead to a third showdown with ...

Ariarne Titmus says she can swim with freedom for the rest of the Tokyo Olympics with her toughest and most daunting events over.

'The two big ones are out of the way,' the swim queen said after collecting her second gold medal of the Games.

Titmus is the third Australian swimmer to complete a 200m-400m freestyle double at an Olympics, joining legends Shane Gould (1972) and Ian Thorpe (2004).

The 20-year-old joins a group of celebrated swimmers to win two individual golds at the single Games: Gould, Thorpe, Michael Wenden, Murray Rose and Stephanie Rice.

Ariarne Titmus becomes the third Australian swimmer to complete a 200m-400m freestyle double at an Olympics and says she can now swim with freedom for the rest of the Tokyo Olympics games with the most daunting events over

Ariarne Titmus becomes the third Australian swimmer to complete a 200m-400m freestyle double at an Olympics and says she can now swim with freedom for the rest of the Tokyo Olympics games with the most daunting events over

And Titmus, with the 800m freestyle and 4x200m freestyle relay to come, is on the verge of history, yet largely oblivious to it.

The Tasmanian has shut down social media and the outside world in general while competing.

'I am living in my own little world,' she said.

'I heard that maybe had Simone (Biles) had pulled out of the team event but I haven't read anything about it.

'I am honestly just focusing on myself and what I have to do here.

'It's a little bit strange actually at an Olympic Games and there's multiple events going on.

'But I feel like when you have got such narrow focus you only think about what you're doing.

'And to me this just feels like another swim meet so I am really not looking too much externally.'

Titmus has just the 800m freestyle and 4x200m freestyle relay to come being on the verge of history

Titmus has just the 800m freestyle and 4x200m freestyle relay to come being on the verge of history

Helping keep that just 'another swim meet' vibe, the lack of crowds.

'The athlete seating and the coaches that are there create a pretty great atmosphere, it just kind of feels like a swim meet back home in Australia,' Titmus said.

'And I just pretend that everyone is cheering for me.

'But when you're in your zone it doesn't really matter. We are all here to swim fast.

'It's really

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