Team GB secure a hat-trick of victories in the pool for the first time since 1908 28 July 2021 • 5:22pm Matthew Richards only turned 18 last December and so, when the spectre of pressure and Simone Biles’ shock withdrawal was raised, it was striking that he should speak up first among the triumphant 4x200m freestyle relay team. “I was thinking about this before the race last night,” he said. “There was a lot of pressure. It was [only] the second time ever I have raced the 4x200m freestyle. To do it that in the Olympic Games, when we are going in favourites by over two seconds, is terrifying.”