Tom Dean and Duncan Scott win Gold and Silver for Team GB

The medal rush has continued for Great Britain at the Tokyo Olympics as Tom Dean and Duncan Scott have both won Gold and Silver respectively in the Men's swimming 200m freestyle final in an incredible race as Britain's amazing pool.

Scott had qualified fastest for the final but it was his teammate Dean who held his form to win the second gold in the pool for Team GB at these games.

Dean secured Team GB's fourth gold of this year’s Olympicx Games after Monday's gold rush which was started by Adam Peaty in the pool. 

Dean, who twice contracted coronavirus last year, was third heading into the final 50 metres while Scott was down in sixth at the halfway stage, but the pair finished strongly.

Scott finished 0.04 seconds behind his fellow Brit.

In winning the gold, Dean set a new British record with a time of 1:44:22.

South Korea's Hwang Sun-woo was under the world record time at the 100m mark but faded badly, ending up seventh, as the British pair powered towards a spectacular finish.

"I knew it was going to be a dogfight, I didn't know how people were going to swim it, just race the race and that's how it is," Dean said.

Dean added that the Olympics seemed a "million miles off" when he was isolated in his flat after contracting COVID-19 twice in 12 months.

"I contracted COVID-19 twice in the last 12 months, I had six or seven weeks out during an Olympic year which is almost unheard of.

"The first time wasn't too bad. The second time I did the full isolation period, I wasn't able to train and it was a slow-build back into training," Dean added.