Apparently, it’s Yannick Agnel’s time. One night after swimming the anchor leg as France won the men’s 4×100 relay, Agnel overpowered Ryan Lochte and the rest of a star-studded field to win gold in the men’s 200-meter freestyle. Taehwan Park of South Korea and Yang Sun of China tied for silver, with Lochte finishing fourth.
With two gold medals and just as many impressive performances, Agnel is becoming the men’s swimming star of the London Olympics. Agnel exploded toward the wall over the final 50 meters, finishing well ahead of the competition. His final time was 1:43:14 while Sun and Park touched at 1:44:93. Lochte finished in 1:45:04.
Lochte, who has already won gold in the 400-meter individual medley, finished with the fifth best time in preliminaries and swam in the second lane in the final.
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