Angry swimming fan lashes out over Ariarne Titmus' yellow FINGERNAILS - and you will not believe what the supposed problem is

A fired-up swimming instrumentality has bizarrely suggested excavation queen Ariarne Titmus gained an unfair advantage complete her rivals astatine nan Olympics - by coating her fingernails yellow.

Australia's champion swimmer has already won golden successful nan 4 x 200m freestyle relay and nan 400m freestyle, arsenic good arsenic narrowly missing retired connected different triumph successful nan 200m freestyle which was snatched from her by teammate Mollie O'Callaghan.

Titmus now has 4 Olympic golds to her sanction overall, but that did not extremity 1 swimming instrumentality to declare her nails were nan quality betwixt her occurrence and failure. 

The instrumentality asked: 'How are fingernails for illustration this allowed? I've seen really adjacent nan races person been.'

Next to his overseas mobility was an image of Aussie prima Titmus and her snazzy nails, which person been intolerable to miss astatine the La Defense Arena successful Paris.

The responses were mixed, pinch 1 sports instrumentality agreeing Titmus has been fixed preferential treatment.

'They [fingernails] activity for illustration paddles and springiness her an unfair advantage,' based on 1 fan.

Another posted: 'I for illustration it.....gold [coloured] to lucifer her medals.'

The wide statement was that Titmus is free to compete pinch acrylic aliases gel inspired fingernails if she chooses - and it isn't nan logic she already has 2 golden medals from nan Games.

There besides isn't successful spot a norm which bans athletes from entering nan h2o pinch their nails done. 

'You cognize you're bully erstwhile you commencement getting cheating allegations thrown astatine you,' said 1 fan.

Another said for galore erstwhile they posted sarcastically successful response: 'Yes, because it’s Ariane’s fingernails that are nan difference.....talk about splitting hairs.'

While Titmus has been heroic successful nan pool, she did travel nether occurrence erstwhile she called retired the 'ridiculous' conditions wrong nan Olympic village.

The 23-year-old didn't clasp backmost erstwhile asked if she was disappointed not to break her world grounds erstwhile she claimed back-to-back golden medals successful nan 400m freestyle.

'It astir apt wasn't nan clip I thought I was tin of, but surviving successful nan Olympic colony makes it difficult to perform,' she admitted successful an interview.

'It's decidedly not made for precocious performance, truthful it's astir who tin really support it together successful nan mind.'

Come Friday night, Titmus' quest to again stun US rival Katie Ledecky originates successful nan heats of nan 800m freestyle. Action originates from 7.40pm AEST. 

On Friday morning, nan Dolphins' squad of O'Callaghan, Lani Pallister, Brianna Throssell and Titmus won golden successful nan 4x200m freestyle relay successful 7 minutes 40.33 seconds.

The United States took metallic and China claimed nan bronze.

Queen Mary of Denmark - nan Tasmania-born royal who is distantly related to Titmus - was connected manus to spot nan title and celebrated pinch them erstwhile they came to nan stands to clasp friends and family. 

Shortly earlier nan Games began, Titmus revealed: 'We're really cousins successful a distant, roundabout benignant of way.

'One of dad's cousins is joined to Mary's cousin, which is really beautiful funny considering nan moving joke that everyone calved successful Tasmania is someway related!'

Mary besides shared a lukewarm clasp pinch O'Callaghan and took photos of nan golden medallists, pinch Aussie swimming awesome Cate Campbell noting connected Channel Nine's sum that each nan accustomed royal protocols of curtsying and shaking hands went retired nan model successful each nan excitement.

O'Callaghan now has 3 golds successful Paris - she featured successful nan victorious women's 4x100m freestyle squad and won nan 200m freestyle - and now has 5 golds successful her Olympic career. 

'I had Moll [O'Callaghan] saying immoderate stern words successful my receptor down nan block, but I'm really proud of this group,' Titmus said aft nan win.

'We've wanted this [for a agelong time]. I was disappointed pinch really I swam successful Tokyo, I personally felt for illustration I fto nan squad down, truthful this was a spot of a individual vendetta for maine to travel backmost and really play my domiciled successful nan team, but besides do it for our country.' 

The Aussies were beaten by winners China and nan USA successful Tokyo, coming successful almost a 2nd down nan Americans.