“Terminator” Titmus in tears after stunning second gold
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ariarne ‘Arnie’ Titmus, nicknamed “The Terminator”, has secured her second gold medal in the 200-metre freestyle.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The newly minted Olympian couldn’t contain her emotion as she embraced coach Dean Boxall after being presented with the medal - the day after winning her first in the 400-metre race.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“You’re a legend,” Boxall said to Titmus as they embraced.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Titmus has also become the first Australian women to win the coveted double-title since Shane Gould did so in 1972.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Though initially wary about the success of her performances, saying it wouldn’t sink in “until I get home and have a rest”, Titmus’ emotional outpouring suggests it already has.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“When you’re in this situation, you have to compartmentalise everything and I think once I stop racing, I’ll release everything,” she told Channel Seven.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I’m thinking about the relay and the 800m now and I don’t want to ruin the rest of the meet by celebrating too hard.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“But I’m very proud of what I’ve achieved.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Boxall had a more subdued response to the swimmer’s second victory, after going viral with his celebrations following her victory in the 200-metre race.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Coming in second was Siobhan Bernadette Haughey of Hong Kong, followed by Canada’s Penny Oleksiak who claimed bronze.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 20-year-old Tasmanian won with an Olympic record time of 1:53:20, beating reigning Olympic gold medalist American Katie Ledecky, who finished fifth.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As with yesterday’s 400-metre race, Titmus was trailing Haughey and Oleksiak at the halfway point, before going on to beat the Hong Kong swimmer by 0.42 seconds.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Just goes to show Ariarne Titmus and her composure,” Olympic swimming legend Ian Thorpe said in commentary for Channel Seven.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We have a saying that is ‘trust the process’. It is when you’re training and really trust the training and the program that your coach has set for you and the race plan that you have and sticking to the plan.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“So trust the process, execute the process, and Arnie did that so well.”</span></p>
