Olympics-Swimming-Finke leaves it late again but completes Tokyo distance double

[ASFN Admin]

Robert Finke relied on another late, lung-bursting surge to complete the distance double at the Tokyo Games on Sunday, the U.S. swimmer overhauling Florian Wellbrock and Mykhailo Romanchuk on the home stretch to win 1,500 freestyle gold. The 21-year-old from Tampa, Florida had sat off the leaders for much of the race but hit top gear with a 25.78 seconds last split that took him past his rivals to touch more than a second ahead of Ukraine's Romanchuk with German Wellbrock in third. Finke, who won the 800m free on Thursday with a similar charge from behind, said he was not feeling overly optimistic coming into the final.

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