Gold medal winning Ariarne Titmus trained at Parap Pool in lead-up to Games

Darwin proved to be the perfect place for Olympic swimming superstar Ariarne Titmus to hone her skills.

DARWIN proved to be the perfect place for gold medal winning Australian swimming superstar Ariarne Titmus to hone her skills.

Titmus used Parap Pool in May as part of her lead up to her Olympics run. The 400m freestyle 2019 World Champion was part of a contingent of swimmers from Saint Peters Western (Queensland) and South Australian Sports Institute to have used Parap Pool for a two week training camp.

Australia's Ariarne Titmus competes to win the final of the women's 400m freestyle swimming event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo on July 26, 2021. (Photo: Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP)

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The pool also hosted Olympic medallist hopeful Mitchell Larkin.

He’s previously won gold in both the 100m and 200m backstroke events at the World Championships in 2015 and was part of the team to win gold and set a new Commonwealth Games Record in the 4x100m medley relay in 2018.

Australia's Ariarne Titmus wins gold and hugs Katie Ledecky after the Women's 400m Freestyle final at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Picture: Adam Head

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