Daniel Wiffen has become the first athlete from Northern Ireland to win an Olympic gold medal in 36 years in the 800m freestyle in Paris.
Daniel Wiffen has become the first athlete from Northern Ireland to win an Olympic gold medal in 36 years in a thrilling 800m freestyle final in Paris.
"I was writing 'I'm going into the history books', and that's exactly what I've done," he told BBC Sport. With his gold medal, he becomes the first athlete from Northern Ireland to triumph since Stephen Martin and Jimmy Kirkwood with GB's hockey team in 1988. Daniel Wiffen becomes the first athlete from Northern Ireland to win individual gold at the summer Olympics since 1972
However, the whole crowd were on their feet after a stunning climax where it looked like Wiffen had missed out on the chance to make history.
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