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Max Litchfield had to hold back tears as he explained his agony at finishing fourth in the 400 metres individual medley for the second successive Olympics.
The 26-year-old was less than a quarter of a second off winning what would have been Team GB’s first medal at Tokyo 2020.
‘It’s tough, so close yet so far,’ said an emotional Litchfield. ‘I don’t think there was too much wrong with it, just small things. I’ve done everything I can these last five years. It just wasn’t quite enough.’
Max Litchfield was frustrated as he missed out on securing a medal by a quarter of a second
American Chase Kalisz won gold ahead of his team-mate Jay Litherland. Litchfield tied for fourth with Hungarian David Verraszto, 0.21sec off Australia’s Brendon Smith, who
