Ariarne Titmus spills on 'emotional' moment at Gina Rinehart's Olympic boat party
Olympic gold medallist Ariarne Titmus has shared insider details about the lavish party Gina Rinehart threw for Team Australia athletes in Paris on Monday night.
Titmus joined fellow swimmers Kyle Chalmers, Elijah Winnington, Briana Throssell, Meg Harris, Lani Pallister, Mollie O'Callaghan and more on a glass-top boat to sail the Seine with Australia's richest woman.
Watch the video above.
READ MORE: Lauren Jackson and Diana Taurasi bring experience to their Olympic women's basketball teams
Australian Olympians Ariarne Titmus and Briana Throssell at Gina Rinehart's riverboat party in Paris. Instagram/@briannathrossell
"It was just the perfect night we needed," Titmus told Nova 96.9's Fitzy & Wippa with Kate Ritchie.
She explained it was "definitely a different vibe" to the first night Rinehart put on a cruise for all the medallists, calling the second outing "unbelievable".
The best part, at least in the gold medallist's opinion, was when the son of famous Italian singer Andrea Bocelli serenaded the Aussie athletes, leaving many of them "really emotional".
"We had Mateo Bocelli perform for us, which is Andrea Bocelli's son. He was unbelievable," Titmus said.
"So as we we're cruising past the Eiffel Tower, and it was all sparkling, he's singing [the] most amazing opera songs ... it was actually really emotional, to be honest."
Now she's looking forward to a few quiet days in Paris with her teammates after Australia's swimmers pulled out amazing results in the first nine days of the Olympics.
READ MORE: Saya Sakakibara just won an Olympic medal for her country. So did her boyfriend
The boat party was also attended by Australian Olympians including Meg Harris, Lani Pallister, Mollie O'Callaghan and Jamie Perkins. Instagram/@mollie_ocal/@lanipallister
"We had a very big first couple of days, so we're excited to just have a quiet lunch or something," she added.
And it might not just be her fellow Aussie athletes sitting around the table as Titmus makes the most of her downtime in Paris.
When asked about her 'rivalry' with American swimmer Katie Ledecky, the Aussie insisted they're "very friendly" and always chat before heats and finals.
Titmus even confessed that her best friend in Australia is a huge fan of Ledecky, which inspired to a cheeky moment after the 800m freestyle final where Ledecky took gold and Titmus scored silver.
READ MORE: Olympic rower Justin Best proposes to girlfriend with 2,738 yellow roses
Katie Ledecky, Titmus and Paige Madden with their medals. Quinn Rooney/Getty
"Before the medals of the 800m I got Katie to film, a little video to say hello to her," Titmus said.
"So it's totally not what it seems in the media. We just have such respect for each other ... there's not this rivalry that everyone speaks about."
FOLLOW US ON WHATSAPP HERE: Stay across all the latest in celebrity, lifestyle and opinion via our WhatsApp channel. No comments, no algorithm and nobody can see your private details.
Most viewed in Lifestyle
The four-year experiment that created Australia’s best sausage roll
Meghan gives first look at Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet’s new UK life
It costs more than $150k to raise a kid, but half a million Aussies do it with no savings. These are the money mistakes to avoid
The foods and drinks that can have an impact on your iron absorption
