kilogram category. having come agonisingly close to a place in the final earlier on, walkden shrugged off her disappointment to beat poland s aleksandra kowalczuk, this time holdling on to a lead to eventually win 7 points to 3. it s her second consecutive bronze medal. earlier, team gb secured a fourth gold of tokyo 2020, and with it their best start to an olympics. tom dean and duncan scott also delivered britain s first one two in the pool for 113 years. it came in the 200 metres freestyle final. in a thrilling finish, dean, who s in lane 6, touched home in1 minute 114.22 seconds, securing a british record at his debut games. scott finished just four one hundredths of a second behind. 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 friemds, family and neighbours over. around 70 in their garden cheering dean all the way to gold! back in tokyo, dean could barely believe it, and was thankful for all the
good afternoon. with ten medals in total, as things stand, this is the best start for great britain in 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. in a thrilling finish, dean, who s in lane six, touched home in one minute 114.22 seconds, securing a british record at his debut games. scott finished just 0.04 seconds behind his team mate. 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! back in tokyo, dean could barely believe it, and was thankful for all the support
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