Ben Proud claimed the one medal missing from his collection as he bagged Olympic silver in the men’s 50 metres freestyle final.
Proud has won world, European and Commonwealth titles in his decorated career but he has had a couple of near misses for a podium spot at the Olympics – fourth at Rio 2016 and joint fifth at Tokyo 2020.
He ended his wait on Friday night but missed out on gold by five hundredths of a second as Australia’s Cameron McEvoy took top spot in a time of 21.25 seconds, with France’s Florent Manaudou third.
WOW that was close!
— Team GB (@TeamGB) August 2, 2024
Silver in the splash and dash for Ben Proud pic.twitter.com/DH7bGGwgW3
Proud claimed Britain’s fourth swimming medal of Paris 2024 and third silver, joining Adam Peaty in the men’s 100m breaststroke and Matt Richards in the men’s 200m freestyle to miss out on gold by a fine margin.