The U.S.'s Bobby Finke established a razor-thin lead early in the Olympic 1,500-meter freestyle final, an endurance contest that forces swimmers to battle for nearly a mile.
The American won gold by nearly four seconds, with a time of 14:30:67, shattering the world record set by Chinese swimmer Sun Yang at the 2012 Summer Games in London.
Finke is the first member of the American men's swimming team to win gold in Paris in an individual event, bringing the tally for U.S. swimmers to eight gold medals in Paris.
According to Olympics.com, he was the first American to win at that distance in the Summer Games since 1984. Finke also won a silver medal at the Paris Games in the 800-meter freestyle.
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