The most talented swimmer, Ariarne Titmus, is not attending the World Cup because Titmus feels that she doesn’t need to be at the World Cup.
While Titmus is sound asleep, halfway across the world, Ledecky is expected to take gold for the 400-meter freestyle.
Titmus says that she doesn’t care about not being in headlines or the media or the spotlight, she doesn’t swim to do that. Titmus swims because she has a passion for it. She has always wanted to perform on the biggest stage, which is the Olympics.
“They’re not in the inner sanctum. The inner sanctum has a plan. She knows what she needs to do. She knows it’s all about the Olympics,” says Dean Boxall, coach of Ariane Titmus.
When Titmus was 14 years old, she slowly narrowed the gap with Ledecky in Brisbane, the third most popular city in Australia.
“When we first came together, Arnie was 38 seconds off Katie in the 800-meter freestyle, she was 16 seconds off Katie in the 400 and she was eight seconds off Katie in the 200,” said Boxall, Titmus’s coach.
Titmus beat Katie Ledecky, a 15-time world champion and three-time defending champion in the 400-meter freestyle, for gold in the 2019 world. In the Tokyo Olympics, she beat Ledecky to gold medals in the 200 and 400-meter freestyles, including an individual silver medal, and bronze medal for relay.
“Definitely when we’re in the pool racing, she’s my biggest rival,” Titmus says. “It doesn’t really matter who she is: I want to beat her.”
Even though Titmus always challenges herself to beat Ledecky, she still has respect for her. “I know what it’s taken to get to this level, and she’s been at this level since I was 12 years old. I respect the work that she’s put into swimming. She’s changed female swimming.”
While Titmus is sound asleep, halfway across the world, Ledecky is expected to take gold for the 400-meter freestyle.
Titmus says that she doesn’t care about not being in headlines or the media or the spotlight, she doesn’t swim to do that. Titmus swims because she has a passion for it. She has always wanted to perform on the biggest stage, which is the Olympics.
“They’re not in the inner sanctum. The inner sanctum has a plan. She knows what she needs to do. She knows it’s all about the Olympics,” says Dean Boxall, coach of Ariane Titmus.
When Titmus was 14 years old, she slowly narrowed the gap with Ledecky in Brisbane, the third most popular city in Australia.
“When we first came together, Arnie was 38 seconds off Katie in the 800-meter freestyle, she was 16 seconds off Katie in the 400 and she was eight seconds off Katie in the 200,” said Boxall, Titmus’s coach.
Titmus beat Katie Ledecky, a 15-time world champion and three-time defending champion in the 400-meter freestyle, for gold in the 2019 world. In the Tokyo Olympics, she beat Ledecky to gold medals in the 200 and 400-meter freestyles, including an individual silver medal, and bronze medal for relay.
“Definitely when we’re in the pool racing, she’s my biggest rival,” Titmus says. “It doesn’t really matter who she is: I want to beat her.”
Even though Titmus always challenges herself to beat Ledecky, she still has respect for her. “I know what it’s taken to get to this level, and she’s been at this level since I was 12 years old. I respect the work that she’s put into swimming. She’s changed female swimming.”