Olympic swimmers Ben Proud and Duncan Scott narrowly miss out on gold as they both bag silver in the pool
SWIMMERS Ben Proud and Duncan Scott both bagged silver in the pool last night — Britain’s sixth and seventh medals of a fantastic Friday.
Ben, 29, from Plymouth was pipped to gold in the 50m freestyle final by the Australian Cameron McEvoy who beat him by just 0.05 seconds.
Ben finished in 21:30, with Frenchman Florent Manaudou third.
Ben has already won World Championship, Commonwealth and European gold.
Minutes later Duncan, 27, from Glasgow, won his seventh Olympic medal when he finished second in the 200m individual medley.
He lost to France’s Leon Marchand, swimming in front of a raucous home crowd at La Defense arena.
Duncan said racing against the local hero meant the atmosphere was “sensational”.
He said: “We all look forward to that, it is something you don’t get to experience too often in swimming. The crowd was right behind him.”
Oars duo pipped at the post
ROWERS Ollie Wynne-Griffith and Tom George were overtaken in a final seconds sprint by Croatia — losing out on gold.
The unlucky duo had to settle for silver medals after leading for most of the race.
Croatian brothers Martin and Valent Sinkovic won by just 0.45 seconds to retain their Olympic title.
Disappointed Tom, 29, from Cheltenham, Gloucs, said: “I don’t think I want to watch that back, it was so close.
“We did an awesome race and did exactly what we said we wanted to do and we’re proud of what we achieved.
“These things happen. A lot was made of us after the semi-finals and we came in as favourites.
“All season, whenever we’ve won we’ve reminded ourselves we’re going to be hunted and we tried to go well and we did, just three strokes short. I’m proud.”
Ollie, 30, from Guildford, Surrey, said: “I made a mistake on the line and that’s racing for you.
“Olympic silver medallists — I’m so proud of what we did.
“We had a great start and had a great first 1500m, just on the last four strokes it was a case of winning or losing.
“I can’t fault the passion and grit we’ve gone through as a pair and I’ve enjoyed the ride.”