MOLLIE O’Callaghan (pic) was crippled by nerves, unable to sleep and overthinking her 200m freestyle battle with Australian teammate Ariarne Titmus, but the redheaded Queenslander turned cold-blooded predator when it counted in the Paris pool.
O’Callaghan won her first individual Olympic gold medal on Monday in a showdown with the defending champion and one of the nation’s great swimmers, who only weeks before had broken her world record at Australia’s trials in a psychological blow.
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