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Olympic Swimming 2021: Men's 4x200M Freestyle Relay Medal Winners and Times

Great Britain easily captured the gold medal during the men's 4x200-meter freestyle relay at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday as the United States failed to reach the podium.

Tom Dean, James Guy, Matthew Richards and Scott Duncan combined for a 6:58.58 finish, setting a European record and coming from behind to win by nearly three-and-a-half seconds.

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Tears of sheer joy from James Guy!<br><br>This is what it means to win gold for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TeamGB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TeamGB</a>!<br><br>What a fantastic race and what a fantastic moment ud83eudd47<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/bbcolympics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#bbcolympics</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tokyo2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Tokyo2020</a> <a href="https://t.co/uv0XHaxTJq">pic.twitter.com/uv0XHaxTJq</a>

A day after Dean won the 200-meter freestyle final, he got back in the pool for another 200 meters and helped the favorites easily mop up the rest of the world.