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PARIS — Bobby Finke, trying to defend his impressive gold medal from Tokyo, settled for silver in the men’s 800-meter freestyle here at the 2024 Olympics on Tuesday.
Finke, who remained in third position for most of the race, tried to catch Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen and Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri with his characteristic closing speed. At the 750-meter mark, he was more than a second behind and was close to catching him at 775 meters.
But Wiffen found another gear and raced to gold. Finke finished in 7:38.75, just shy of Wiffen’s Olympic record of 7:38.19. Paltrinieri took bronze.
Finke’s medal is the 14th by an American swimmer at the Paris La Défense Arena in less than four days, by far the most of any country. But only two of the 14 have been gold.