The men’s 4×200 meter freestyle team featured Tom Dean, Duncan Scott, James Guy and Matthew Richards. Beth Shriever won gold in BMX.
Clocking in at 6 minutes and 58.58 seconds saw them bag Team GB’s third swimming gold of the Olympics and Team GB’s fifth gold medal overall. Tom Dean is the only British male swimmer to win two golds at the same Olympics in more than 100 years.
Dean came in at 1min 45.72 seconds, Duncan Scott swam his length in 1 minute and 43.45 seconds, James Guy did it in 1 minute and 44.40 seconds and Matthew Richards clocked in at 1 minute and 45.01 seconds.
Beth Shriever won her BMX racing Olympic gold medal minutes after her team-mate, Kye Whyte, secured silver in the men’s event.
Shriever had to fight hard against defending champion Mariana Pajon and she came out on top, stopping the Colombian from getting her third gold medal in a row. The 22-year-old who received mass support before the games via a crowd fund which helped her achieve her Olympic dreams, secured Team GB’s sixth gold medal.
