Swimming-Duel in the Pool between US and Australia to return in Sydney

FILE PHOTO: Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Swimming - Women's 800m Freestyle - Heats - Tokyo Aquatics Centre - Tokyo, Japan - July 29, 2021. Ariarne Titmus of Australia in action REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia and the United States will revive the bilateral Duel in the Pool contest after a gap of 15 years in Sydney in August, Swimming Australia announced on Wednesday.

The rivalry between the swimming powerhouses was revived at the Tokyo Olympics last year, where a resurgent Australia ran the United States close in the final medal tally.