Olympics | Australia's Titmus retains women's 400m freestyle gold

PARIS, July 27 (Xinhua) -- Australia's Ariarne Titmus successfully defended her 400m freestyle crown at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Saturday by beating rivals Summer McIntosh and Katie Ledecky in the final.

Titmus made a strong start and surged home in the last 50m to clock three minutes, 57.49 seconds at the Paris La Defense Arena.

Canada's McIntosh got the silver medal in 3:58.37 and Rio 2016 champion Le