The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event is 2:25.52. Two British swimmers moved into the women's 200m breaststroke semi-finals - 25-year-old Molly Renshaw in sixth and 22-year-old Abbie Wood in 15th.ĭuncan Scott, 24, stayed on course for his third medal of the games as he was equal fifth fastest in the heats of the men's 200m individual medley.Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification Luke Greenback, 23, was the fastest qualifier in the men's 200m backstroke heats and Brodie Williams also advanced in 12th place. Sixteen swimmers advanced into the next phase, with Britain's Freya Anderson, 20, the 14th fastest. Hopkin, 25, finished third in her heat, behind Siobhan Haughey of Hong Kong and Australia's Emma McKeon, who set a new Olympic record of 52.13. "Maybe in the race, I got a bit excited and in the last five metres forgot about putting my hand on the wall." Hopkin breaks British record Anna Hopkin broke a near 12-year record as her time eclipsed Fran Halsall's effort of 52.87 in 2009.Īnna Hopkin set a new British record in the heats of the women's 100m freestyle competition as her time of 52.75 seconds took her into the semi-finals as the third fastest qualifier. I'm happy with the time and know I couldn't have done much more," she said. What a mature performance."Įarlier, Britain's Abbie Wood missed out on women's 200m individual bronze by 11 hundredths of a second.
How Richards went from garden pool to goldįoster, who was pacing the BBC studio as he watched the race, said: "I so wanted them to get the world record - but they will get it, because it is a young team."Forever now, this will be something that I can say I was part of and it will be something I can tell my kids and hopefully my grandkids about one day." "It's an honour to have this medal hanging round my neck," he added. Richards, who at 18 years old is the youngest and most inexperienced of the quartet, said this race was "just the very beginning".
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That gave Scott a healthy head start and he took full advantage, finishing just short of a new world best.
The United States pushed Britain in the opening leg, where they were led by Dean, but Guy closed the gap before Richards took a second out of the US lead. "Tom, my training partner, getting gold yesterday, I felt like I was swimming with him, that's why I was so emotional." "All the early mornings, all the years of getting up at 10 past four, we are here and it is finally nice to do it. "Hurting me most was getting fourth in Rio - being a young lad I was dreaming of Olympic gold, that's all I've ever wanted," Guy said. He won silver in the event in Rio four years ago and was overwhelmed after finally securing his first Olympic gold. James Guy (left, with Tom Dean) showed his emotion as Great Britain's victory was confirmed Guy, who put Britain into pole position with his strong second leg, shed tears as Scott brought the team home. It is also the first time in 113 years that Great Britain have won three swimming gold medals at an Olympics. The victory means Dean becomes the first British male swimmer to win two golds at the same Olympic Games since 1908.
Great Britain were favourites going into the race having qualified fastest and they produced what former Olympian Mark Foster described as a "demonstration of a performance". Times and channels for BBC's live coverage.The British quartet won in six minutes 58.58 seconds - an emphatic 3.23secs clear of the Russian Olympic Committee.
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