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.
With French President Emmanuel Macron in the crowd, home superstar Marchand led from the start of the 200m medley to cap a sensational week for the 22-year-old.
He emerged from the pool to an almighty roar, having become the first swimmer since US legend Michael Phelps to win four individual golds at one Games.
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 an eighth Olympic medal overall. Britain’s Tom Dean was fifth.
Earlier, fellow Englishman Proud ended his long wait for an Olympic medal by claiming silver in the 50m freestyle.
At his third Olympics, 29-year-old Proud – who had won world, European and Commonwealth gold but never a medal on the sport’s biggest stage – was second, just 0.05 seconds behind Australia’s Cam McEvoy in the one-length sprint.
