Team USA take one-two in the men's 400m individual medley final with Chase Kalisz winning gold and Jay Litherland clinching silver... while Great Britain's Max Litchfield misses out on bronze by just 0.21 SECONDS By Daniel Davis For Mailonline Published: 02:49 BST, 25 July 2021 | Updated: 02:57 BST, 25 July 2021 Viewcomments Team USA reigned supreme over the men's 400m individual medley final with Chase Kalisz taking the gold medal and Jay Litherland finishing second. Kalisz was able to pull away in a very tight field to clinch victory in the opening medal race in the pool, while Great Britain's Max Litchfield came home joint-fourth. Litchfield, the slowest butterfly swimmer out of the eight athletes, burst through in the freestyle and agonisingly came within 0.21 seconds of claiming bronze. The result marked the seventh time the American team have taken the top two places in the event, and Kalisz's gold was their first of this summer's Olympics. In the end, the victor triumphed with a fine time of 4min 9.42 sec. Litchfield, meanwhile, was inches away from becoming Team GB's first medallist this summer - and has repeated his placing from Rio de Janeiro five years ago. Despite trailing in eighth place after the butterfly leg, Litchfield edged up into sixth following the backstroke. He then starred in the breaststroke to take fifth, and from then it was a tense, last-gasp tussle with Hungary's David Verraszte in fourth. More to follow. Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility