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Jazz Carlin second behind Katie Ledecky in one-sided Olympic swimming 800m freestyle final

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 12:  Jazmin Carlin of Great Britain celebrates winning silver in the Women's 800m Freestyle Final on Day 7 of the Rio 2016
Image: Jazz Carlin claimed a silver in the 800m freestyle

Jazz Carlin claimed a second silver medal from Rio 2016 after chasing home the amazing Katie Ledecky in the 800m freestyle.

Carlin finished second behind the United States great in the 400m and battled past Hungary's Boglarka Kapas to make it a pair of silvers in the longest race on the women's swimming schedule.

Ledecky became the first swimmer to win gold in the 200, 400 and 800 freestyle at the same Games since compatriot Debbie Meyer in 1968.

There was a gold and a new world record for Katie Ledecky in the 400m freestyle
Image: America's Katie Ledecky won her fourth gold in a dominant display

Such was Ledecky's dominance, her winning margin was more than 11 seconds.

It was her fourth gold of the week, having also been part of the 4x200m freestyle relay, and she claimed a silver from the 4x100m relay.

Carlin said: "Obviously it's been a tough week and I've been feeling a bit ropey the last couple of days but it was my last swim at the Olympics and I wanted to go out and do the best job I could do.

"To get my hand on the wall second in a solid time, I'm really happy. If someone had told me four years ago you'd have been stood on the podium twice with two silver medals I'd have said there's no way."

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There was more heartache for Britain in the men's 50m freestyle where Ben Proud became the sixth swimmer to finish fourth in a final in Brazil.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 09:  Ben Proud of Great Britain looks on in the Men's 100m Freestyle heat on Day 4 on Day 4 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games a
Image: Ben Proud finished fourth in the 50m freestyle final

Proud finished strongly in the quickest race of the week but he was 0.28s off the winning time of United States veteran Anthony Ervin.

Ervin, 35, was reclaiming the title he won in Sydney an incredible 16 years ago.

There was defeat for Michael Phelps in the final of the 100m butterfly where Singapore's Joseph Schooling claimed his country's first Olympic gold medal.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 11:  Michael Phelps of the United States competes Men's 100m Butterfly heat on Day 6 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the O
Image: Michael Phelps was denied a 23rd Olympic gold in the 100m butterfly final

Phelps was bidding for a 23rd gold but the exertions of the last six days appeared to catch up with him as he failed to catch up after a slow start.

The American great eventually had to settle for a three-way share of silver with big rivals Laszlo Cseh of Hungary and South Africa's Chad Le Clos.

"I'm just ecstatic. I don't think it has set in yet. It's just crazy," said Schooling.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 12:  Madeline Dirado of the United States celebrates winning gold in the Women's 200m Backstroke Final on Day 7 of the Rio
Image: Madeline Dirado could not believe her win in the 200m backstroke

Saturday's other final saw another American victory as Madeline Dirado denied Hungary's Katinka Hosszu a fourth gold medal of the Games in the 200m backstroke.

Dirado pipped Hosszu by six-hundredths of a second after the Hungarian had appeared to be on her way to victory to add to those in the 100m backstroke and the 200m and 400m individual medleys.

"It's indescribable. That is just pure joy and surprise and excitement," Dirado said.

Britain's Fran Halsall will have a medal chance on Saturday, when the indoor swimming programme comes to a close, in the women's 50m freestyle.

Halsall won her semi-final in 24.41 seconds but ended up as the fourth fastest qualifier as Denmark's Pernille Blume won the second semi ahead of Australia's Cate Campbell and Ranomi Kromowidjojo of the Netherlands.

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