So much drama and excitement. it has all been happening and what an extraordinary moment in the early hours of this morning as you said, for the first time since 1908 two male british swimmers have finished on the podium. tom dean taking gold. duncan scott silver. it hasn t happened for 113 year, two british swimmers one and two in an olympic final. fortom dean swimmers one and two in an olympic final. for tom dean and duncan scott, this was the race where it all went right. nerves reallyjangling at the start of the men s 200 metres freestyle. as always, tom dean looks really good, closer to us. dean is just 21. he studies mechanical engineering and deferred two years of his course to train for these games. in the last 20 metres, it was worth it. can they be gold and silver? can they be gold and silver?
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Good morning. team gb is celebrating after winning olympic gold and silver in the men s swimming 200 metres freestyle. tom dean, who had covid last september and again in the new year, won the final, with duncan scott just 0.04 seconds behind his teammate. it s the first time in more than 100 years that two british male swimmers have shared the podium. there was more success in the triathlon, as team gb s georgia taylor brown won silver. shock though for the host nation with naomi osaka out of the women s singles tennis. and a bermudan athlete has made history in tokyo winning the tiny island s first ever olympic gold. for a full round up of the action at the olympics this morning let s cross to chetan at the bbc sports centre.
In a thrilling finish, dean touched home in one minute aa.22 seconds, securing a british record on his debut games. scott finished just 0.0a seconds behind his team mate, with fernando scheffer of brazil taking bronze. it might have been the early hours of the morning but that wasn t going to stop tom dean s family back in maidenhead from inviting friends, family and neighbours over. around 70 in their garden cheering dean all the way to gold! fantastic fa ntastic stuff. fantastic stuff. great celebrations. but huge disappointment this morning for britain s bianca walkden in her taekwondo semifinal. she had a two point lead with just three seconds left on the clock but south korea s lee da bin was able to land a head kick in the final second to win by a point. walkeden, from liverpoool, can still repeat the bronze she won in rio four years ago but was understandbly devastated