As Duncan Scott was defeated in the second individual event at these Olympics and Luke Greenbank won the bronze medal, eam GB’s total number of medals reached 6.
Just like in the 200-meter freestyle, Scott had to barely win the silver medal in the 200-meter individual medley, this time lagging behind Chinese player Wang Shun.
But this marked Scott’s third medal, he won the gold medal in the men’s 4x200m freestyle, and he still has more medal prospects in the weekend’s competition.
This makes him the only British athlete in history to win three medals in a single Olympic Games, and the second British swimmer to win three medals in a single Olympic Games. The last time he won three medals was in 113. Years ago.
Now the most watched Olympic swimmer in the UK, Scott started slowly and ranked fifth in the turn. He more or less maintained this position until the last freestyle leg, he narrowed the gap with the rest of the Chinese opponent. gap.
Greenbank added another medal British teamIn the men’s 200m backstroke final in Tokyo on Friday, he won a bronze medal in his swimming competition.
The 23-year-old had an impressive moment in the semifinals, marking himself as a medal contender.
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Training partner with Tokyo gold medalist Adam Petty -They share the same coach at Mel Marshall-have a place on the podium to support this.
The gold medal has always seemed destined to go to Yevgeny Lilov of the Russian Olympic Committee, who led from start to finish, breaking the Olympic record in the process.
Greenbank has always been an impressive young swimmer and won a bronze medal in the same race of the 2019 World Championships. He is also a gold medalist in the British 4x200m Medley Relay, which will be later in the weekend Bid for the gold medal.
