You could see by the way they huddled afterward, arms linked and beaming smiles on every face, that this team is tight.
Just about untouchable, too.
Australia claimed a third straight gold in the women’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay in world-record time at the Olympics on Sunday.
Bronte Campbell led them off at Tokyo Aquatics Center and her older sister Cate swam anchor to power the Aussies home in 3 minutes, 29.69 seconds, breaking the 3:30 mark and bettering their own world record of 3:30.05 set at the Commonwealth Games in 2018.
The first day of finals swimming at the Olympics was headlined by the United States’ haul of six medals. But the session ended with yet another Aussie triumph in the 4×100 freestyle, a result that’s almost expected now at the Olympics.