PARIS, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Mollie O'Callaghan earned Australia's third swimming gold medal of the Paris Olympics by winning the women's 200m freestyle final here on Monday.
O'Callaghan finished in an Olympic record time of 1 minute, 53.27 seconds, more than half a second faster than her compatriot and defending champion Ariarne Titmus, who took silver.
Siobhan Bernadette Haughey of Hong Kong, China, a silver medalist in this event at the Tokyo 2020 Games, claimed bronze in 1:54.55. ■
