"I thought I could be 21.40 tonight so to see 21.29, I'm pretty fired up," he said. "I'm one of the old guys on the team now, which is really weird," he said. Ledecky bested her gold medal effort in Tokyo by more than three seconds to win the 800 metres free the opening night of the competition. "I'm really happy with that time, it's a great time for me. I'm really happy to end on a good note," said Smith, who finished second in the 200m fly and 50m back earlier in the meet.

Source: The Star May 01, 2022 14:35 UTC