{"id":593787,"date":"2024-08-01T22:08:08","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T05:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=593787"},"modified":"2024-08-02T01:33:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T08:33:50","slug":"paris-olympics-womens-4x200m-freestyle-inside-australias-redemption-relay-gold-medal-triumph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/paris-olympics-womens-4x200m-freestyle-inside-australias-redemption-relay-gold-medal-triumph\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris Olympics: Inside Australia\u2019s &#8216;Redemption Relay&#8217; for 800 Free Relay Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Paris Olympics: Inside Australia\u2019s &#8216;Redemption Relay&#8217; for 800 Free Relay Gold<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was a redemption story that meant so much to six young Australians \u2013 four chosen to do battle on swimming\u2019s biggest stage and two others who had played key parts in a carefully orchestrated gold medal campaign, cheering from the Paris La Defense Arena grandstand.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the wash up of Australia\u2019s emphatic gold medal winning 4x200m freestyle relay on night six of a hotly contested swimming program, emerged this story of Olympic proportions \u2013 a story of teamwork, pride, selflessness, determination, gratitude and striving to overcome fears \u2013 and ultimately the chance to redeem yourself.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was Australia\u2019s \u201cRedemption Relay\u201d \u2013 August 2, 2024 &#8211; the day had come to set the record straight; to deal with a three-year hangover from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics when \u201con paper\u201d Australia was supposed to win gold in that relay.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/olympics.com\/en\/paris-2024\/schedule\/swimming?day=27-july\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2024-olympic-games-coverage-paris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 Paris Olympics Meet Page<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead, they walked away with bronze \u2013 pondering what if?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bronze behind a Chinese team that broke the Aussies spirit, their hearts and the world record and a US team led by the greatest female swimmer in history \u2013 <strong>Katie Ledecky.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fast forward to 2024 and again the Australians arrived in Paris with a stacked deck \u2013 six girls who had all played their parts in building a team that would finally live up to all the hype, all the expectation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China came in spearheaded by two of its big guns and a US team, again with Ledecky at the helm.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_593734\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-593734\" data-attachment-id=\"593734\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/paris-olympics-womens-4x200m-freestyle-inside-australias-redemption-relay-gold-medal-triumph\/paris-2024-olympic-games-285\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240801_Maso_AM56097.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Andrea Masini \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Athletes of team Australia celebrate after winning the gold medal in the swimming 4x200m Freestyle Women Relay Final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Defense Arena in Paris (France), August 01, 2024.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1722544680&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Andrea Masini \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Paris 2024 Olympic Games&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Paris 2024 Olympic Games\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;8-2-24&lt;br \/&gt;\nAthletes of team Australia celebrate after winning the gold medal in the swimming 4x200m Freestyle Women Relay Final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Defense Arena in Paris (France), August 01, 2024.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;HUG TIME: Australian Athletes celebrate after receiving \u00a0their gold medals in the swimming 4x200m Freestyle Women Relay Final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Defense Arena in Paris (France), August 01, 2024. Photo Courtesy DeepBlueMedia&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240801_Maso_AM56097-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240801_Maso_AM56097-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-593734\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240801_Maso_AM56097.jpg\" alt=\"800 free relay\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240801_Maso_AM56097.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240801_Maso_AM56097-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240801_Maso_AM56097-280x187.jpg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240801_Maso_AM56097-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240801_Maso_AM56097-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240801_Maso_AM56097-533x355.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-593734\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HUG TIME: Australian Athletes celebrate after receiving \u00a0their gold medals in the swimming women&#8217;s 800 free relay final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Defense Arena in Paris; Photo Courtesy DeepBlueMedia<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Australia, under master coach <strong>Dean Boxall,<\/strong> who has built this team mainly from within his own St Peters Western program \u2013 a man described by his triple Olympic champion, <strong>Ariarne Titmus<\/strong> as \u201cthe best coach in the world\u201d and in charge of arguably from one of the best programs in world swimming.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Titmus herself \u2013 the 2020 Olympic champion and 2024 Olympic silver medallist and current world record holder \u2013 was the only survivor of the final four from Tokyo\u2013 one of two aces in a winning hand.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And Titmus was joined in the final by two heat swimmers from 2020, newly crowned Olympic champion and former world record holder and world champion, the second ace, <strong>Mollie O\u2019Callaghan<\/strong> and triple Olympian and relay specialist <strong>Brianna Throssell \u2013 <\/strong>a mainstay in Australia\u2019s world record-breaking relay teams since 2019 but because of the depth in this group had to fight to assure her place in the top four.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe have really wanted this relay; I was really disappointed with how I swam in Tokyo ..I felt like I let the team down,\u201d revealed Titmus to Channel 9s Ellie Cole on pool deck after the race.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSo it was a personal vendetta for me to come back and really play my role in the team, but also do it for our country, it was a gold medal we really knew could be ours,\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throssell, at 28, really wanted \u201cin\u201d but knew her final trial, to finish her Olympic career, would come via the heats \u2013 alongside her other St Peters club mates, Olympic rookies <strong>Jamie Perkins<\/strong> and <strong>Shayna Jack<\/strong> \u2013 who along with Throssell had been part of the only club team to represent Australia to win a world relay title in the 4x200m and in world record time in Fukuoka in 2023.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI had to fight for my spot,\u201d said Throssell, \u201cI had to stay cool, stay healthy and stay fit until Day Six and when I was told I was in the (final) team it was pretty special because I knew it would be my last ever swim at the Olympics\u2026..so to finish with an Olympic gold is everything I could have dreamed of.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI was fortunate to come home from Tokyo with (three) medals as a heat swimmer (Gold 4x100m medley; bronze 4x200m freestyle, 4x100m mixed medley) but to actually stand on the podium alongside these incredible girls and knowing that Jamie and Shayna did such an incredible job; it was just such an honor to stand up and sing the anthem and to be wearing the gold medal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jack had played a crucial role in the final make-up of the triumphant 4x100m freestyle relay gold medal on the opening night, ticking her own redemption box after spending two years fighting to clear her name from a doping appeal that was dismissed with a ruling from CAS that she did not knowingly digest a banned substance.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_593797\" style=\"width: 586px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-593797\" data-attachment-id=\"593797\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/paris-olympics-womens-4x200m-freestyle-inside-australias-redemption-relay-gold-medal-triumph\/screenshot-90\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/PARIS-24-W-4X200-1-Jamie-Perkins-and-Mollie-OCallaghan-PHOTO-COURTESY-Delly-Carr-Swimmimng-Australia.-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"484,382\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Screenshot&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1722610217&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Screenshot&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Paris 24 AUS W 4&#215;200\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Paris 24 AUS W 4&#215;200 Mollie O&#8217;Callaghan presents Jamie Perkins Photo Courtesy Delly Carr.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/PARIS-24-W-4X200-1-Jamie-Perkins-and-Mollie-OCallaghan-PHOTO-COURTESY-Delly-Carr-Swimmimng-Australia.-2.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/PARIS-24-W-4X200-1-Jamie-Perkins-and-Mollie-OCallaghan-PHOTO-COURTESY-Delly-Carr-Swimmimng-Australia.-2.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-593797\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/PARIS-24-W-4X200-1-Jamie-Perkins-and-Mollie-OCallaghan-PHOTO-COURTESY-Delly-Carr-Swimmimng-Australia.-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/PARIS-24-W-4X200-1-Jamie-Perkins-and-Mollie-OCallaghan-PHOTO-COURTESY-Delly-Carr-Swimmimng-Australia.-2.jpg 484w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/PARIS-24-W-4X200-1-Jamie-Perkins-and-Mollie-OCallaghan-PHOTO-COURTESY-Delly-Carr-Swimmimng-Australia.-2-253x200.jpg 253w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/PARIS-24-W-4X200-1-Jamie-Perkins-and-Mollie-OCallaghan-PHOTO-COURTESY-Delly-Carr-Swimmimng-Australia.-2-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/PARIS-24-W-4X200-1-Jamie-Perkins-and-Mollie-OCallaghan-PHOTO-COURTESY-Delly-Carr-Swimmimng-Australia.-2-450x355.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-593797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MOLLIE&#8221;S GENEROUS GESTURE: Mollie O&#8217;Callaghan presents Jamie Perkins with her medal. Photo Courtesy Delly Carr.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Swimming her part in the 800 free relay heats squad that showed the extraordinary depth in Australia\u2019s women\u2019s freestyle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add in <strong>Lani Pallister,<\/strong> who had to overcome her own demons, including an eating disorder, and a heart operation which had forced her to walk away from the sport after missing the team for Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally fulfilling a dream of joining her mother <strong>Janelle Elford<\/strong> (Seoul,1988) as an Olympic swimmer in this golden era for the Australian team \u2013 but then two days before competition, COVID struck again (as it did during the 2022 World\u2019s in Budapest) forcing her to withdraw from the 1500m freestyle \u2013 heartbroken but not finished.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI would not have wanted to put these girls in a position where I ruined their Olympics but the medical staff on the Australian Olympic Team has done an incredible job looking after me and the other athletes on the Australian team with COVID,\u201d said Pallister, blasting off the blocks in the opening leg of the heats to confirm her place alongside Throssell, O\u2019Callaghan and Titmus in Australia\u2019s final make up<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI didn\u2019t think I\u2019d be part of this relay at the start of the week\u2026to be standing here with these girls; I don\u2019t think I could not ask for anything more for this Olympic experience\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And finally, to Mollie, who has taken these Games by storm, a rough little diamond, who knew deep down she deserved her place on the 800 free relay finals team in Tokyo after emerging in the heats as \u201cthe X factor.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_593796\" style=\"width: 623px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-593796\" data-attachment-id=\"593796\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/paris-olympics-womens-4x200m-freestyle-inside-australias-redemption-relay-gold-medal-triumph\/paris-24-w-4x200-1-jamie-perkins-photo-courtesy-delly-carr-swimmimng-australia-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/PARIS-24-W-4X200-1-Jamie-Perkins-PHOTO-COURTESY-Delly-Carr-Swimmimng-Australia.-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1049,873\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PARIS 24 W 4X200 1 Jamie Perkins PHOTO COURTESY Delly Carr Swimmimng Australia. 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;PARIS 24 W 4X200 1 Jamie Perkins PHOTO COURTESY Delly Carr Swimmimng Australia. 2&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/PARIS-24-W-4X200-1-Jamie-Perkins-PHOTO-COURTESY-Delly-Carr-Swimmimng-Australia.-2-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/PARIS-24-W-4X200-1-Jamie-Perkins-PHOTO-COURTESY-Delly-Carr-Swimmimng-Australia.-2-1024x852.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-593796\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/PARIS-24-W-4X200-1-Jamie-Perkins-PHOTO-COURTESY-Delly-Carr-Swimmimng-Australia.-2-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"613\" height=\"438\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-593796\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MOLLIE&#8217;S MEDAL: \u00a0Jamie Perkins with Mollie O&#8217;Callaghan&#8217;s gold. PHOTO COURTESY: Delly Carr Swimming Australia.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Declaring after today\u2019s race, after winning her third Olympic gold medal: \u201cThis means the world to me; this opportunity to swim alongside these girls\u2026.and the two girls who swam the heats (Jamie and Shayna).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI have dreamed of this moment ever since Tokyo, striving to get on this team and doing whatever I could (to make it happen).\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And in a touching moment after receiving her gold medal, Mollie O presented it to her \u201cbestie\u201d, roommate and heat swimmer <strong>Jamie Perkins<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cJamie is my best friend at training and is always there for me; she has been my roommate this whole meet with me, and she has trained (so hard) to get here,\u201d said Mollie.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cShe has had a back injury and has done everything possible, and that gold medal means a lot for me to give to her.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt represents what she has been through; 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