US swimmer breaks 12-year world record at Paris 2024

US swimmer Bobby Finke clinched the gold medal in the 1500m freestyle at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, setting a new world record with a time of 14 minutes 30.67 seconds.

Finke's remarkable performance shattered the previous record of 14:31.02, set by China's Sun Yang in August 2012. This victory marks Finke's second medal in Paris, following his silver medal finish in the 800m freestyle, Caliber.Az reports via foreign media.

Italy's Gregorio Paltrinieri secured the silver medal with a time of 14:34.55, while Ireland's Daniel Wiffen took bronze, finishing in 14:39.63.

At 24 years old, Finke's record-breaking swim highlights his exceptional talent and cements his status as one of the top swimmers in the world. His achievement is a significant milestone for American swimming and adds to the excitement of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

The 2024 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the 33rd Olympiad and officially branded as Paris 2024, is an international multi-sport event taking place from 24 July to 11 August 2024 in France, with the opening ceremony having taken place on 26 July. Paris is the host city, with events held in 16 additional cities spread across Metropolitan France, and one subsite in Tahiti, French Polynesia.

Paris was awarded the Games at the 131st IOC Session in Lima, Peru, on September 13, 2017. After multiple withdrawals that left only Paris and Los Angeles in contention, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved a process to concurrently award the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympics to the two remaining candidate cities; both of the bids were praised for high technical plans and innovative ways to use a record-breaking number of existing and temporary facilities.

Azerbaijan is competing at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It is the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

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