Team GB secured their fourth swimming gold medal in Tokyo on Saturday, for the first time since the 1908 Olympics and setting a new world record in the process.
The mixed medley relay team - made up of Kathleen Dawson, Adam Peaty, James Guy and Anna Hopkin – finished in 3 minutes and 37 seconds, just 0.83 seconds ahead of the previous best.
“It’s pretty surreal. We knew we could do something pretty cool. We knew in the back of our heads if we got it exactly right to our race plan we could win it and get the world record,” Guy said in a statement.
Great Britain’s medal tally currently stands at 28 at the time of writing (that’s 8 gold, 9 silver and 11 bronze), placing them sixth on the table.
People have since taken to Twitter to react to the win, calling it an “absolutely brilliant” and “amazing” performance:
Swimming is my favourite Olympic event and I always look forward to it, I will miss it :) thank you so much GBR for this amazing TV event watching you claim a new world record. :)
— Jamie Buck (@Jamie314159265) July 31, 2021
Absolutely brilliant 🥇🥇🥇🥇🏊🏼♂️🏊♀️🏊🏼♂️🏊♀️ what an inspiration you all are .. I’m awe of our amazing dedicated Olympians 🇬🇧🎉
— lisa keates (@lisadcfckeates) July 31, 2021
what a RACE!!!! OMFG that was so tense, an amazing performance, omg truly deserved well done guys 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇
— Oli Stone (@OliStone6) July 31, 2021
Congratulations to the UK for winning 4×100m medley relay and setting a new World Record, an amazing job 👏🏻 #GBR
— Dario Atencio E 🥥🏄🏻♂️🌴 (@atenciodari) July 31, 2021
Just watched this. Amazing result! Well done. So proud 🇬🇧
— Natalie Bacon (@BaconNat) July 31, 2021
Worth staying up for. Come on #TeamGB ❤ https://t.co/8LfQfkxNbI
— Carter the Red (@Reddevil_United) July 31, 2021
This was an amazing performance from #TeamGB , not only did they win the gold but also set a new World Record in the process!! Well done Kathleen Dawson, Adam Peaty, James Guy and Anna Hopkin!! 💪👊🥇 #Tokyo2020 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 https://t.co/d2x10RjM3S
— Chris CFC Harvey (Champions of Europe!!) ⭐⭐ (@CJHCFC1994) July 31, 2021
A NEW WORLD RECORD??? INJECT IT https://t.co/b7BVa29z1F
— Nana Ama (@ama25_em) July 31, 2021
More amazing results for #teamgb !@adam_peaty continues to inspire our #Staffordshire swimmers, proving that anything is possible💫
— Staffordshire County Council (@StaffordshireCC) July 31, 2021
You’ve done #Staffordshire proud at #Tokyo2020 ❤️#StaffsProud #Olympics #Swimming https://t.co/6Vb3rsjPsB
Some have also called for more mixed events going forward:
Absolutely loving these mixed relays/events! ⚡⚡ more please! 🙋🏻♀️
— Kirsty Gilmour (@KirstyGilmourr) July 31, 2021
we need more of these, probably the most fun event in the entire games!
— Ariarne "The Terminator" Titmus Burner Account (@pinappleonpizer) July 31, 2021
More Mixed races please. It was awesome seeing both men and women compete alongside one another.#TokyoOlympics #Olympics
— Craig Anderson #BLM #StopAsianHate (@canderson1989) July 31, 2021
Please add more of these mixed events! The unpredictability was so entertaining to watch
— Chucktown Tiger (@CAM__1997) July 31, 2021
we need more mixed relay!!
— rez (@bitsofmeh) July 31, 2021
So good to watch mixed relay. More of these please !!
— Jyoti Rai Dhakal (@jyotiraidhk) July 31, 2021
Wow who knew the mixed medley would be so exciting 😀👍… more more more please !!!!! So proud of #TeamGB 🇬🇧 🥇
— Fiona Mernagh (@MernaghFiona) July 31, 2021
Looks like Team GB’s Olympics performance is quite literally going swimmingly…
