Armagh swimmer broke the Olympic record and powered home over the closing 100 metres
Ireland's Daniel Wiffen celebrates after winning gold in the Olympic Games men's 800m freestyle final at Paris La Défense. Photograph: Sebastien Bozon/AFP via Getty Imageschampion, producing an utterly astonishing display of 800 metres freestyle swimming to carve his name among the greats of swimming history.
Defending champion Bobby Finke from the USA was also closing fast, nailing second in 7:38.75, with Paltrinieri holding on for third in 7:39.38. Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen shows his relief after winning the men's 800m freestyle. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho Wiffen’s confidence, however, was not unfounded, his heat time of 7:41.53 inside the Paris La Défense Arena on Monday morning was the fastest of the eight finalists, giving him the prime lane four for this medal showdown.
In getting this far, Wiffen already become the first Irish male swimmer to make an Olympic final, as bold and impressive as he would have liked.Ever since the first session on Saturday, the Paris La Défense Arena has been transforming itself into one of the loudest swimming dance halls in Olympic history, and Tuesday night’s 19,000-sell-out was no exception.
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