fantastic for ireland. let s talk now about some record breaking news from the pool? from the pool? yes, as you mentioned, from the pool? yes, as you mentioned, a from the pool? yes, as you mentioned, a star - from the pool? yes, as you mentioned, a star of - from the pool? yes, as you mentioned, a star of the i from the pool? yes, as you - mentioned, a star of the games so far, a second gold medalfor the american caleb dresser caleb dressel, as he looks to become the most successful swimmer and an individual olympic games. he won the 100 metres freestyle gold, winning in a time of 47.02. earlier, we also saw a world record. we have not seen too many of those. we saw china take the gold in a thrilling swim in the women s four by 200 metres freestyle, that world record time of seven minutes, 40.33 seconds. they had to hold off a late surge from the usa team as well. a record breaking day in the pool. absolutely fantastic. mike, thank you. president biden is expected to announce
that on later thirst ursday edi of world sport. and bobby fink won gold, another great story, just 21 years of age, still a senior at the university of florida here in the u.s. in his first olympics as well. powering his way to a win in the 800 meter free style. very impressive win for him. and this the first time by the way for a man s 800 meeterolympics. and china a gold medal finish in the women s 200 meter free style relay finishing with 7:40.33. also breaking the world mark today. china with a leading 14th gold medal now, frustrations though for the united states, anchored by katie ledecky. the u.s. almost catching their
in the pool and on the water. america s caeleb dressel won gold in the 100 metres freestyle swimming. he s being called the new michael phelps the olympian with the most medals ever. he has talked about the pressure on him and he has done exceedingly well, talking about the pressure on him and to perform at this level. china won the women s 4x200m freestyle relay in a world record time of 7:40.33. the time bettered australia s record from the 2019 world championships. and ireland has won its first gold medal of the olympics. fintan mccarthy and paul o donovan have made history by winning ireland s first olympic rowing gold in the men s lightweight double sculls. the south korean archer an san who bagged two olympic gold medals has been flooded
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