Team GB’s 4×200-metre freestyle relay team have successfully defended their Olympic title by winning gold in the men’s final in Paris on Tuesday.
The lineup of Tom Dean, James Guy, Matthew Richards and Duncan Scott held off competition from the U.S. and Australia to top the podium at La Défense Arena. They edged the Americans by 1.35 seconds to take Britain’s first gold in the pool of the 2024 Games.
Jack McMillan and Kieran Bird, who swam in the heats, also received gold medals.
The British quartet claimed Team GB’s first victory in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay since 1908 when they won gold in the same race at the Olympics in Tokyo three years ago.
Belfast-born McMillan’s gold was the second by a Northern Irish swimmer in a matter of minutes, with Magheralin’s Daniel Wiffen earlier taking the 800-metre freestyle title for Ireland.
Scott’s gold was a record seventh Olympic medal — two golds and five silvers — for a British swimmer and there was no way he was going to be caught on the last leg, while Guy swam a personal best over the opening 200 metres.
Information from Reuters contributed to this report
