Richards wins silver!

Matt Richards celebrates winning silver in the men's 200m freestyleImage source, BBC Sport
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Matt Richards celebrates winning silver in the men's 200m freestyle

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Matt Richards agonisingly missed out on a first individual Olympic gold as he took silver in the men's 200m freestyle.

The 21-year-old was just two-hundredths of a second behind Romania's David Popovici, who took the gold.

Richards was out in lane one after only qualifying seventh fastest, but came within a fingertip of taking the win.

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