Golden girl Mollie O’Callaghan breaks down in tears over the ‘s**t things’ she had to endure at the Paris Olympics as she and Kaylee McKeown deliver shocking verdict on their Games glory

Golden girl Mollie O’Callaghan has given an emotional interview following her success at the Paris Olympics, revealing her disappointment with some of her results.

Australia’s swim team bagged seven gold, eight silver and three bronze in the Paris pool.

Measured by gold, it’s the nation’s third-best haul at an Olympic pool behind the nine golds in Tokyo three years ago and eight golds at the 1956 Melbourne Games.

By overall total, the Dolphins’ 18 medals is also Australia’s equal third-best return.

The nation’s swim team won 21 medals overall in Tokyo, 20 at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and also 18 at the Sydney 2000 Games.

Still, Mollie O’Callaghan and Kaylee McKeown feel like they’ve let the country down.

O’Callaghan, 20, fought back tears when asked if she felt proud of her performance in Paris.

‘Part of me yes, and part of me no,’ she told News Corp.

Mollie O’Callaghan gave an emotional interview on her performance at the Paris Games

Despite their success, Mollie O’Callaghan and Kaylee McKeown feel like they could have done better in Paris

‘It’s all good but I think it’s a hard one because there’s so many good things, and then there’s so many s**t things.

‘At the end of the day, you’ve just got to be positive because many people don’t have the opportunity to stand on the podium.’

O’Callaghan was the nation’s most successful swimmer in Paris, winning three golds, a silver and a bronze.

Clearly the pressure of being an Olympic swimmer in Australia is enormous. 

‘As much as you get caught up in “you want a gold medal and you got a gold medal”, it’s also just the personal standards that we know that we could have pushed so much harder,’ McKeown said.

O’Callaghan was the nation’s most successful swimmer in Paris

‘We are just frustrated within ourselves because of what could have happened, that’s the biggest thing. 

‘We’re always gonna be the hardest, harshest critic on ourselves, whether that’s making a final and missing out on the medals or getting a medal and missing out on (a fast time). It’s not being greedy, it’s just knowing that you could have done so much more and you have done the hard work to deserve that spot.’