Duncan Scott won his third medal from a single Olympic Games, with a superb silver in the final of the 200m individual medley, becoming the first British swimmer to achieve this since Henry Taylor in 1908. While Scott knew he had the backend speed for the final 50m, he also knew he had to be on the shoulders of the leaders at the final turn to be in with a medal chance. Michael Andrew (USA) kept to form, taking the race out fast. A breaststroke specialist, Andrew turned at the 150m mark, a full second up on nearest rival, Shun Wang of China. At this stage Scott was in 5
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