US swimmer Finke wins men's 800m freestyle gold at Tokyo Olympics
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Updated: 2021-07-29 10:16
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TOKYO - Robert Finke of the United States came from behind to win the men's 800m freestyle gold here on Thursday.
The 21-year-old was only in the fourth place before the final 50m, but powered up to a seven minutes and 41.87 seconds finish for the gold.
Italy's Gregorio Paltrinieri, who led the eight-man final for the majority of time, had to settle for a silver 0.24 seconds behind Finke.
European champion Mykhailo Romanchuk added a bronze for Ukraine with a time of 7:42.33.
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