Leon Marchand wins a sensational fourth Olympic gold in the Paris pool, beating Duncan Scott into second place moments after Ben Proud also won silver for Team GB.
France's Leon Marchand won a sensational fourth Olympic gold in the Paris pool, beating Duncan Scott into second place - moments after Ben Proud also won a superb silver for Team GB.
Scott, 27, was second behind the Frenchman – just as he was at last year's World Championships – and took silver for the sixth time in his career, and eighth Olympic medal overall.At his third Olympics, the 29-year-old Proud - who had won world, European and Commonwealth gold but never a medal on the sport's biggest stage - was second, agonisingly just 0.05 seconds behind Australia's Cam McEvoy in the one-length sprint.
He now holds the 200m and 400m medley titles, as well as the 200m butterfly and breaststroke golds which were won in one session on Wednesday.Only three other people - Phelps, fellow American icon Mark Spitz and Kristen Otto, who won four golds for East Germany - have won four or more individual swimming medals at an Olympics.
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