French president Emmanuel Macron and swimming superstar Leon Marchand were centre of attention, but Duncan Scott makes history of his own.
Emmanuel Macron was on his feet, joining in with the chants of "Allez, Allez, Allez", and intently watching the unassuming superstar in lane four rampage to his fourth individual gold medal of these Olympics.
Marchand might not have been either. But Duncan Scott got about as near to the 22-year-old as anyone else has during his staggering run of races this week.He beat the Frenchman in the semi-finals of this event on Thursday, but it is fair to say Marchand was holding a wee bit in. He had had a heavy week, after all, carrying all those new bits of metal around.
"From 2022 onwards, I knew he was going to be pretty good but what he has been able to do this week is amazing and it's inspirational."Scott has played this game for a while, though. He has been to big events and has both the medals and the scars to show for it. Eighth after the butterfly, Scott roared back to sit fourth after the backstroke. His breaststroke took him up to second but the freestyle specialist could not do enough to overhaul Marchand down the last 50m.
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