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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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
olympic history. what a moment in the pool this morning where, for the first time since 1908, two male british swimmers finished on the podium together. at his debut games, tom dean taking gold, and duncan scott silver in the 200m freestyle final. joe lynskey reports. it hasn t happened for 113 years. two british 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? yes! tom dean is olympic champion at the 200m freestyle and britain has gone one two. can you believe that? dean beat his team mate by less than a tenth of a second.
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