Luke Hobson, who took bronze in the end, was only.07seconds behind the winner, Romanias David Popvici.
And in the mens 100-meter backstroke, Ryan Murphy is walking away happy with bronze.
This marks the third Games in a row in which hes medaled.
Team USA’s Katie Grimes and Emma Weyant celebrate after winning silver and bronze in the women’s 400-meter individual medley final at the Paris Games on Monday.
Katie Ledecky dives in for the womens 400-meter freestyle final on July 27.
Ledecky seemed pleased and undeterred, though.
She has more gold chances ahead.
Gold medalist David Popovici of Romania shakes hands with Team USA’s Luke Hobson on the podium after the men’s 200-meter freestyle final on Monday.
It was such a good field, she told the press.
There was a chance I could have not gotten a medal.
There were windows to close my career earlier and I kept going for the love of the sport.
Katie Ledecky dives in for the women’s 400-meter freestyle final on July 27.
To have this much success this late has been icing on the cake.
More than anything, its been fun.
US Swimming has also clinched a medal in another relay: the womens 4x100-meter freestyle event.
Taking silver, the womens lineup consisted of Kate Douglass, Walsh, Huske, and Simone Manuel.
The aforementioned mens team included Jack Alexy, Chris Guiliano, Hunter Armstrong, and Dressel.
I was really excited to lead off the relay and get things going, said Alexy.
That was really exciting and pretty surreal, I was pretty hyped in the moment.
