The person to beat within the 1500-meter males’s freestyle is Bobby Finke.
The 24-year-old is now a three-time Olympic gold medalist after defending his title within the occasion on Sunday.
It is the seventh gold medal for People within the swimming pool, and the twenty sixth total.Â
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Bobby Finke of Workforce United States walks out forward of the Males’s 1500m Freestyle Last on day 9 of the Olympic Video games Paris 2024 at Paris La Protection Area on August 04, 2024 in Nanterre, France. (Sarah Stier/Getty Photographs)
The seven golds ties USA with Australia for probably the most in swimming, though they’ve had a a lot greater success charge, as they’ve earned simply 17 whole medals.
Finke didn’t go back-to-back within the 800m free earlier within the Video games, settling for the silver by simply over half a second.Â
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Finke held a half-a-second lead on the halfway level and was forward of world document tempo, however Italian Gregorio Paltrinieri. However Finke turned on the jets, rising his result in 1.3 seconds with 500 meters to go, and getting method forward of world document tempo.
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