Daniel Wiffen happy but disappointed after adding bronze to gold

The 23-year old Irishman had predicted that it would need a world record time to win this race after the heats on Saturday morning. He wasn’t wrong.

Men's 1500m freestyle medallists, from right to left, Bronze medalist Daniel Wiffen of Team Ireland, Gold medalist Bobby Finke of Team United States, and Silver medalist Gregorio Paltrinieri of Team Italy, during the awards ceremony at the Paris La Défense Arena during the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Daniel Wiffen has described himself as “happy but disappointed” after adding a 1500m freestyle bronze medal to the 800m he won here in Nanterre to the west of Paris last Tuesday.

The USA’s Bobby Finke claimed gold with a new world record of 14:30.67, which beat by 0.57 the mark set by the controversial Yang Sun of China at the London Olympics in 2012.