Britain win men’s 4x200m freestyle
relay gold
AFP, Tokyo
Britain stormed to victory in the men’s Olympic 4x200m relay on Wednesday, narrowly missing the world record.
Led off by Tom Dean and brought home by Duncan Scott, they touched in 6min 58.58sec, just outside the 6:58.55 global mark held by the United States.
Russia were second in 7:01.81, with Australia claiming bronze in 7:01.84. The United States were fourth.
Ohashi wins women’s 200m individual medley
AFP, Tokyo
Japan’s unheralded Yui Ohashi stormed to the Olympic women’s 200m individual medley title on Wednesday, making it a Tokyo double after her earlier triumph in the 400m medley.
Ohashi produced a strong finishing freestyle leg to touch the wall in 2min 08.52sec, with Alex Walsh second in 2:08.65 and fellow American Kate Douglass third in 2:09.04.
Defending champion and world record-holder Katinka Hosszu came seventh.
After winning the 400m medley Ohashi credited a wave of hometown support in helping her realise her dream. And she tapped into it again on Wednesday.
She was second behind earlier pace setter Yu Yiting after the butterfly and backstroke legs, but timed her race perfectly with a powerful breaststroke swim before bringing it home in style.
She has now dethroned veteran Hosszu twice, with the Hungarian virtually untouchable in this event since winning the Rio Olympics, claiming gold at the 2017 and 2019 world championships.
Medals table of Olympics
Country G S B Total
China 12 5 9 26
Japan 12 4 5 21
USA 10 11 9 30
ROC 7 8 5 20
Australia 6 1 9 16
UK 5 6 5 16
S. Korea 4 2 5 11
Germany 3 2 5 10
France 3 2 3 8
Netherland 2 6 3 11
