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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.
