But he was third at the turn and was back in bronze-medal position close to the finish, only to be pipped by 0.26sec by American Conor Dwyer.
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Semifinal – Men’s 200m Freestyle Semifinals – Olympic Aquatics Stadium – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 07/08/2016.
He is a close pal of Peaty, Britain’s first gold medallist of these Games in the 100m breaststroke in the early hours of Monday morning, and the pair are sharing a room at the Olympic village.
Sun clocked one minute, 44.65 seconds, while le Clos’ 1:45.20 was good enough for silver.
Neither 2012 Olympic champion Yannick Agnel of France nor co-silver medalist Park Tae Hwan of South Korea advanced out of the preliminary heats.
Guy, the world champion, looked dejected as he had to settle for fourth place and out of the medals.
However it went terribly wrong when he somehow managed to throw it in completely the wrong direction and the cap ended up in the pool.
But he put that disappointment aside, along with accusations by Horton that he is a “drug cheat”.
Sun was revealed two years ago to have secretly served a three-month suspension for using a banned stimulant.
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He said it was medication to treat a heart issue and did not enhance performance.
