Olympics | American Finke wins men's 1500m freestyle gold with new world record at Paris Games

PARIS, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- American Bobby Finke set a new world record as he secured his second consecutive Olympic 1500m freestyle title at the Paris Games on Sunday.

Finke, 24, withstood challenges from Italian Gregorio Paltrinieri and Ireland's Daniel Wiffen to finish in 14 minutes, 30.67 seconds, eclipsing the previous record of 14:31.02 set by China's Sun Yang at the London 2012 Games.

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