Australian Olympic swimmer Ariarne Titmus enjoys hot-air balloon ride with boyfriend to ring in 25th birthday celebration

Australian swimming champion Ariarne Titmus is just a day shy from her 25th birthday, but the celebrations have already begun. The Olympic athlete was seen enjoying a hot-air balloon ride with her boyfriend in the early morning hours of September 6, and posted a couple of photos and videos from the ride high up in the sky. The reigning Olympic champion in the women's 400-metre freestyle was seen spending some quality time with her current boyfriend, Mack, with whom she went public earlier this year in January. Ariarne Titmus is an Olympic champion swimmer, who won the women's 400-metre freestyle event at both the 2020 and the 2024 Summer Olympics. She is also the world record holder in the long course 200-metre freestyle event, and after the Paris Olympics in 2024, where she won two gold and two silver medals, the swimmer is taking some much needed time off the game.And since it's her birthday week, especially given she is turning 25 on September 7, Titmus is enjoying some fun time with her boyfriend. The couple were enjoying a hot-air balloon, as the swimming champion posted pictures as well as videos from the ride on her Instagram Stories. She also posted a photo of herself with her boyfriend Mack, with the caption, "Early birthday hot-air balloon rides." The couple looked like they enjoyed their time in the air. When Ariarne Titmus revealed that she was taking time off from the sport and focusing on herself after her glorious run at the Paris Olympics, many thought that was the end of her career as an Olympic swimmer. But she was quick to put a rest to all speculations. While she did not compete at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore this July, she will be at Los Angeles for the Olympics in 2028.“I know that the LA Olympics will be my last. So I just don’t want to be an athlete that retires from their sport and is lost and has nothing to do, and I think that it was so important for me to channel different areas of my life to know that when I do leave the sport behind, I’m going to be all right.”We have a few more years of her gliding through the Olympic pools, and hopefully winning more medals in her career before she takes her final bow.Also Read: “Dude is more athletic than pro athletes”: Fans stunned as IShowSpeed beats NBA star Jaylen Brown