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It was billed as the race of the century. And for once hype and reality danced mightily close together. But, as so often in the past, the Australian they called the Terminator was left standing at the end, immortal and indestructible, an Olympic champion once again.

Rarely do you get three world record holders, all hovering close to their prime, in the same Olympic final. But this is what we had in the women’s 400m freestyle title which had them together, side by side, focused only on gold.

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