FILE PHOTO: Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Swimming - Women's 800m Freestyle - Medal Ceremony - Tokyo Aquatics Centre - Tokyo, Japan - July 31, 2021. Ariarne Titmus of Australia with her silver medal REUTERS/Marko Djurica
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian Olympic champion swimmer Ariarne Titmus paid tribute to Katie Ledecky after breaking the American's world record in the 400 metres freestyle at national championships in Adelaide.
Titmus, 21, won the Australian title with a swim of three minutes, 56.40 seconds on Sunday, shaving 0.06 seconds off Ledecky's previous mark of 3:56:46 set at the Rio Olympics.
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