since 1908, two male british swimmers have finished on the podium together, as tom dean took gold and duncan scott silver in the 200m freestyle final. in a thrilling finish, dean, who is 21, touched home in one minute 44.22 seconds, securing a british record on his debut games. scott finished just .004 seconds behind his team mate, with fernando scheffer of brazil taking bronze. dean says he s grateful for all the support he s recieved my my coach, i can t thank him enough for what he has done. he said we will write an amazing story this year with the covid cases. six or seven weeks out of the pool is on herjob. he brought me through it and i can think of an for that. here we are, i couldn t ask for a better ending. but huge disappointment this morning for britain s bianca walkden in her taekwondo semifinal. she had a two point lead with just
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tom dean claimed a stunning gold and duncan scott silver to ensure a british one two in a fast, closely fought 200m freestyle at the tokyo olympics. dean touched home in one minute 44.22 seconds, securing a british record on his debut games. scott finished just 0.04secs behind his team mate, with fernando scheffer of brazil taking bronze. it is the first time since 1908 that two male british swimmers have finished on the olympic podium together. let s speak now to bbc sports reporter kheredine issedane, who is is at the citadel leisure centre in ayr and who is you with? hello from the citadel leisure centre. it is home to the south ayrshire swim team, where it all started for duncan scott. some of the swimmers were hoping for a duncan scott gold. they got duncan scott silver, plus a gold for tom dean. i wonder what it is like to be chief executive of british swimming