Team USA’s Bobby Finke breaks 12-year-old record to win 2nd straight Olympic gold medal in the guys’s 1,500m freestyle.
Published On 4 Aug 2024
The USA’s Bobby Finke smashed the world record as he safeguarded his Olympic title in the males’s 1,500m freestyle, with Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri taking silver and Daniel Wiffen of Ireland declaring the bronze.
Finke, who led from the start of Sunday’s race, set a brand-new world mark of 14: 30.67, breaking the previous finest of 14: 31.02 set by China’s Sun Yang at the London Olympics 2012.
The American, who won gold in both the 1,500m and 800m freestyle at the Tokyo Olympics 2020, made his objectives clear early in the contest, taking a strong lead in the opening laps.
He was out on his own upuntil Paltrinieri, the gold medallist in this occasion at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics 2016, narrowed the space around the 850-metre mark.
The Italian was likewise swimming at a world-record pace, however when it came down to the last 4 laps, Finke had kept some energy in reserve to guarantee he reached the wall 3.88 seconds ahead of Paltrinieri.
Wiffen, who had won gold in the 800m freestyle ahead of Finke, had stated before the race that it would take a world record time to win it.
He was appropriate, however he was notable to provide it, endingup 8.96 seconds behind Finke.
Sjostrom takes 50m ladies’s totallyfree
Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden declared her 2nd gold medal of the Paris Olympics, intensely rushing from one end of the swimmingpool to the other to quickly claim the 50m freestyle title on the last night of swimming on Sunday.
The 30-year-old Sjostrom, contending in h