paris olympics 2024 | 04 August 2024
The Poolside Wrap from the 2024 Paris Olympic Games: Day 8
Top 3 Golden Moments
- McKeown continues her medal streak, receiving bronze in Women’s 200m Individual Medley
- Titmus wins silver in head-to-head 800m clash with Ledecky
- Australia’s Mixed 4x100m Medley team brings home bronze
The Morning Session: Heats
Day 8 at Paris La Défense Arena has continued to showcase Australia’s swimming success in the 2024 Olympic Games.
First-time Olympian Sam Short gave it everything he had in the Men’s 1500m Freestyle heats, placing 13th with a time of 14:58.15.
Australia’s Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay team placed first in the heats, with Iona Anderson, Ella Ramsay, Alexandria Perkins and Meg Harris receiving a time of 3:54.81, over a second faster than the second-place Canadian team (3:56.10).
The Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay team placed sixth in the heats, with Isaac Cooper, Joshua Yong, Ben Armbruster and Kyle Chalmers receiving a time of 3:32.24.
Both teams will progress into the finals tomorrow.
The Night Session: Finals
Night 8 saw the Dolphins bringing home more medals from the pool, continuing Australia’s dominating winning streak in swimming at the Paris Olympics.
Dolphin Matthew Temple gave it all he had in the Men’s 100m Butterfly finals, placing 7th with a time of 51.10.
Shayna Jack (24:29) and Meg Harris (24.33) both competed in the Women’s 50m Freestyle semi-finals, placing 5th and 6th respectively.
The Aussies have both qualified for the finals.
Kaylee McKeown (2:08.08) podiumed once again, continuing her winning streak at the Paris Olympics by receiving bronze in the Women’s 200m Individual Medley.
The Aussie was elevated to third place following the disqualification of American Alex Walsh, who committed an illegal turn.
First-time Olympian and fellow Dolphin Ella Ramsay was forced to withdraw from the same event.
Australian swimming legend Ariarne Titmus (8:12.29) bought home silver in the Women’s 800m Freestyle, going head-to-head with American rival and swimming great Katie Ledecky who won gold.
The time was a personal best for Titmus, who spoke of how proud she was of herself and American competitor Katie Ledecky.
“[I am] so proud of my effort tonight…. [I am] proud of the way I put myself out there and took it to Katie, she is just a champ and I have the most respect for her out of any athlete I’ve ever competed against.”
Lani Pallister competed alongside fellow Dolphin Ariarne Titmus in the same event, placing 6th with a time of 8:21.09.
Australia won bronze in the Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay, with a time of 3:38.76.
The dream team – consisting of Kaylee McKeown, Joshua Yong, Matthew Temple and Mollie O’Callaghan – managed to hold onto their speed and consistency from the heats, beating their heats time by over two seconds.
Day 8’s success has kept Australia at the top of the medal table for swimming.
