Double Olympic champion Tom Dean is unfazed by his run of second-place finishes on the Commonwealth Games after Kyle Chalmers claimed the boys’s 100 metres freestyle title.
Chalmers put a finger to his lips after clocking 47.51 seconds to win the ultimate, seemingly a gesture in response to reviews of a fractious fallout with Australian team-mates Cody Simpson and Emma McKeon.
Dean was runner-up in 47.89secs, edging Scotland’s Duncan Scott into third in 48.27s, whereas the Londoner later collected his fifth silver in current days within the males’s 4x200m freestyle relay.
Kyle Chalmers seemingly responded to reviews on his private life (Tim Goode/PA)
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While he was the primary British male swimmer to win two Olympic golds on the similar Games in 113 years in Tokyo, he insisted he’s glad along with his Birmingham outcomes as he appears in the direction of Paris 2024.
“I’m really happy with that, another silver medal. You can never complain at another medal on the international stage,” he mentioned. “It isn’t a setback in my eyes.
“On top of that it is a stepping stone towards the Olympics, that’s what we do it for, that’s the pinnacle of the sport.
“While the home crowd is incredible and the Commonwealth Games is important, the Olympics takes precedence in our competitive schedule. That’s definitely the ultimate thing for us.”
Maisie Summers-Newton added a primary Commonwealth Games gold medal to the a number of she has gained on the Paralympics, World and European Championships by profitable the ladies’s 100m breaststroke SB6 ultimate.
Maisie Summers-Newton claimed her first Commonwealth Games gold medal (Tim Goode/PA)
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“I definitely put the pressure more on myself 100 per cent,” mentioned Summers-Newton after ending first in a time of 1 minute and 32.72 seconds, practically 11 seconds forward of her English team-mate Grace Harvey, who took second place.
“But I’ve now achieved everything that I’ve ever wanted to achieve so from now, it’s progressing on the little things, seeing how much better we can get and just having fun. That’s what it’s all about.”
Harvey clinched silver simply two and a half weeks on from testing constructive for Covid-19, which she feared would derail her medal hopes.
“It was quite frustrating,” mentioned Harvey, who revealed she was laid low for 3 months after first testing constructive for coronavirus after final yr’s Tokyo Paralympics.
“But I’m really happy with that time so I don’t think it had a detrimental effect.”
Abbey Wood took bronze within the ladies’s 200m particular person medley, gained by 15-year-old Canadian Summer McIntosh, who added the crown to the title she gained within the 400m self-discipline.
Katie Shanahan was additionally a bronze medallist within the ladies’s 200m backstroke – her second of the Games – whereas her Scotland team-mates completed third within the males’s 4x200m freestyle relay, making Scott probably the most adorned Commonwealth Games athlete within the nation’s historical past with 11 medals.
Source: www.impartial.co.uk
