Irish swimmer Wiffen bags gold medal with new Olympic record in men's 800m freestyle at 2024 Olympics

Irish swimmer Wiffen bags gold medal with new Olympic record in men's 800m freestyle at 2024 Olympics

Daniel Wiffen sets new record with 7:38.19, breaking Ukraine's Romanchuk's former record

By Selcuk Bugra Gokalp

Irish swimmer Daniel Wiffen has bagged gold medal with a new Olympic record in men's 800 meters freestyle at 2024 Paris Olympics on Tuesday.

Wiffen has set the new record with 7 minutes 38.19 seconds time, breaking Ukraine's Mykhailo Romanchuk's former record of 7 minutes 41.28 seconds, which was set in Tokyo in 2021.

US swimmer Bobby Finke got silver medal with 7:38.75, while Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy won bronze medal with 7:39.38 time.

Wiffen, 23, is also scheduled to swim in men's 1500m freestyle Saturday.

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