The world watched on as Australia’s Ariarne Titmus and the USA’s Katie Ledecky prepared to battle it out in the women’s 200m and 400m freestyle events at the Tokyo Olympics.  Ledecky is regarded as the greatest female swimmer of all time. 

 

Could the 20-year-old Ariarne Titmus beat the queen of the pool.  Yes!! 

 

Ariarne joins us this morning from Howard Springs in the Northern Territory where she’s spending two weeks in Covid quarantine. 

 

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