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McKeown makes it four medals from four races. One was a huge surprise

Hans van Leeuwen
Hans van LeeuwenEurope correspondent
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Paris | Kaylee McKeown won a medal in every event she entered at the Paris Olympics, after bagging two bronzes on the swimming’s penultimate night – one of them in unusual and poignant circumstances.

There was to be no gold for Australia on Saturday night (Sunday AEST): Tasmanian titan Ariarne Titmus was unable to dethrone the queen of 800m freestyle swimming, the American veteran Katie Ledecky, who has now won over that distance at four successive Olympics.

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Hans van Leeuwen covers British and European politics, economics and business from London. He has worked as a reporter, editor and policy adviser in Sydney, Canberra, Hanoi and London. Connect with Hans on Twitter. Email Hans at hans.vanleeuwen@afr.com

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