Winning gold at the Olympics should come as no surprise to the swimmer Tom Dean. According to his sister, it’s an eventuality that the pair have been prepared for since they were six years old and pretending to win medals at their local pool. In the early hours of this morning, Dean, 21, became the first British man in 133 years to win an Olympic individual freestyle swimming event over any distance. SponsoredIn Great Britain’s best Olympic swimming result in modern history, his Team GB roommate Duncan Scott also clinched silver in the same event — the men’s 200m freestyle — the first time since the 1908 Olympics in London that British swimmers have claimed a “one-two” in an Olympic swimming final.

Source: The Times July 27, 2021 04:37 UTC