‘Lost my s***’: Aussie swim coach loses it again as Titmus roars home

Dean Boxall’s reaction to Ariarne Titmus winning gold in Tokyo was something else, and the coach went bonkers yet again in Birmingham.

Dean Boxall's reactions are everything. Picture: Supplied

Death, taxes and Dean Boxall providing box office reactions when Ariarne Titmus is in the pool.

The legendary coach endeared himself to the Australian public during the Tokyo Olympics last year when Titmus took home the gold medal in the women’s 400m freestyle.

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As Titmus raced home and touched the wall first, Boxall channelled his inner ‘Ultimate Warrior’ from WWE and frightened a poor Tokyo official who had no idea what to do to keep Boxall in check.

And Boxall was back at it again at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, albeit nowhere near as wild as the Tokyo celebrations.

Boxall was watching the Australian’s women’s 4 x 200m freestyle relay on Monday morning in which Titmus was competing alongside Madi Wilson, Mollie O’Callaghan and Kiah Melverton as Emma McKeon did not take part in the event.

Hang it in The Louvre. Picture: Channel 7

There's nothing quite like a Dean Boxall embrace. Picture: Channel 7

With Titmus winning the gold medal in the 200m individual freestyle event, the Aussies were always set to be red-hot favourites going into the event.

Unsurprisingly, the girls in gold swimming caps delivered in spades as they set a world record time of 7:39:29 — a whopping 12 seconds ahead of second-placed Canada, while host nation England took home the bronze medal.

It was Titmus’ anchor split in particular that had Boxall going bonkers.

Titmus clocked 1:52:82 in a blistering spell that is the fastest 200m freestyle relay split of all time.

It also helped Australia set a new world record for the event to truly assert their dominance.

Boxall, along with several others on social media, were left with their mouth agape at what had transpired.

I've lost my Sh*t...1:52.82 anchor by Titmus WTF

— Loretta Race, MBA (@RettaRace) July 31, 2022

Originally published as ‘Lost my s***’: Aussie swim coach loses it again as Titmus roars home