{"id":592730,"date":"2024-07-28T03:34:34","date_gmt":"2024-07-28T10:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=592730"},"modified":"2024-07-28T03:34:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T10:34:34","slug":"paris-olympics-day-2-prelims-mollie-ocallaghan-ariarne-titmus-strong-in-200-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/paris-olympics-day-2-prelims-mollie-ocallaghan-ariarne-titmus-strong-in-200-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris Olympics, Day 2 Prelims: Mollie O’Callaghan, Ariarne Titmus Strong in 200 Free"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paris Olympics, Day 2 Prelims: Mollie O’Callaghan, Ariarne Titmus Strong in 200 Free<\/strong><\/p>\n

It will take some convincing to make the women\u2019s 200 freestyle anything other than a battle of Aussies.<\/p>\n

Owners of the eight fastest textile-suit times between them, Ariarne Titmus<\/strong> and Mollie O\u2019Callaghan<\/strong> are the favorites for a green-and-gold 1-2. They did nothing in prelims to dissuade the world of that notion.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Callaghan set the pace in prelims of the 200 free at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, the second day of prelims at Paris\u2019 La Defense Arena. Her time of 1:55.79 led a sedate prelims, with Titmus third and comfortably home.<\/p>\n

In between was Canada\u2019s Mary-Sophie Harvey<\/strong> in 1:56.23. Li Bingjie<\/strong> of China was fourth, and reigning silver medalist Siobhan Haughey<\/strong> was fifth.<\/p>\n