Ritain’s Tom Dean stunned his teammates Duncan Scott In the Tokyo Olympic finals, he won a surprise gold medal in the men’s 200m freestyle with a thrilling performance.
Scott entered the final as the world’s number one and fastest qualifier. Although Dean is ranked second in the world this year, he is not so optimistic in terms of qualifying time.
However, due to the sudden disappearance of the long-time leader Huang Shanyu, the difference between the first and fourth place was only 0.36 seconds, Dean hit his teammate and won by only 4% of the second.
Less than 24 hours after Adam Peaty won the gold medal in the 100-meter breaststroke, it doubled the total number of British gold medals in these Olympics. Since 1908, this is the first one or two in the British Olympic swimming event.
After that, the new Olympic champion who has recovered from the new crown virus twice this year said: “I know this will be a dogfight. I want to say thank you to everyone who comes home. I am speechless. Thank you for staying up late.”
It was difficult for Scott, for him it was his first event, although as swimming progressed, he habitually got better, and he has other things for the rest of the day Chance to win a gold medal.
The result caused Pitti’s celebration, and another British swimmer, James Gay, seemed to shed tears in the crowd during the celebration.
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Scott added: “Tom Dean’s great contribution. That’s incredible. Olympic champion. I’ve been walking all the way for the past 18 months and it’s great to see. He is a good partner outside the pool and can be with him The game was really good.”
