American Bobby Finke sets 1,500 freestyle world record on final night of Olympic swimming

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Bobby Finke, U.S. women's relay team set world records to end Olympic swimming

Bobby Finke and U.S. women set world records in in the 1,500-meter freestyle and 4x100-meter medley Sunday, adding final touches of glory for Americans.

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Bobby Finke swam along at the 2021 Olympics and only rushed to his victories at the end. Now he's doing things differently — and winning in world record time. The American's new approach is astounding.

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Bobby Finke, women's 4x100M team break swimming world records for U.S. golds

Bobby Finke and the women's 4x100-meter relay team each set world records to earn two more gold medals for Team USA on Sunday, the final day of Summer Olympics swimming competitions in Paris.

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Paris Olympics: USA’s Finke sets new world record in men’s 1,500m freestyle

Team USA’s Bobby Finke breaks 12-year-old record to win second straight Olympic gold medal in men’s 1,500m freestyle.

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Paris Olympics: Finke wins gold with world record in men's 1,500m freestyle

American iron-man Bobby Finke smashed the men's 1,500 metres freestyle world record as he retained the Olympic gold medal in a thrilling swim that put the United States on top of the medal table at the Paris pool with two events remaining. After 30 lung-busting laps, Finke touched the wall in 14 minutes, 30.67 seconds at La Defense Arena, eclipsing Sun Yang's 12-year-old mark of 14:31.02 set at the London Games. Gallant Italian Gregorio Paltrini…

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Olympics-Swimming-Finke breaks world record to win men’s 1,500m freestyle gold

By Ian Ransom PARIS (Reuters) – American Bobby Finke smashed the men’s 1,500 metres freestyle world record at the Paris Games on Sunday as he retained the gold medal in a thrilling swim. After 30 lung-busting laps, Finke touched the wall in 14 minutes, 30.67 seconds at La Defense Arena, eclipsing Sun Yang’s previous mark of 14:31.02. Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri took silver, with Daniel Wiffen taking the bronze for Ireland. Finke became the …