Bobby Finke does it again, surges to gold in INSTANT CLASSIC 1500 free | Tokyo Olympics | NBC Sports

it'll take close to 15 minutes to complete the race for the contenders and again you've got velbrock up there in lane three working your way down the ramon check in lane four bobby think in lane five at paltrinieri in lane six that should make up the metal stand and base off of what we saw in that 800 i mean rowdy you said it that last 50 for bobby fink he turned on the jets and actually spoke with anthony nesty before the race this morning bobby fink's coach and he said the one skill that bobby learned over the past year was resiliency this would be such a big deal if bobby could back that 800 up with another gold here in the 1500 but you need to watch out for romanchuk he nearly even split the entire 1500 prelim which means he's going to be there the entire way now less than 23 lengths to go in this 30 length race you can continue to watch the race as we go to the break [Music] what's up so as you've been watching you've watched florian velbrock of germany take over the lead but kylo romanczuk down there in lane four running second and bobby think right below him in lane five as gregorio paltry the definitive olympic champion has fallen off the pace just a bit but he's still in touch of the three swimmers above him well the fink family is a swimming family to say the least as you take a look at his sisters some are on the left autumn on the right they both swam collegiately in fact all of the siblings the faint kids were at the 2016 u.s olympic swim trials in omaha and so they're watching hoping that their brother can come through their mom was a collegiate swimmer at ball state in fact bobby fake's mom can remember him at the age of one before he could even walk taking him to the beach at clearwater beach down in florida coming up to the wall here where there will be seven lengths to go in the 1500 those four swimmers phillip rock from the top and lane three three ramon check in lane four fink in lane five and paul trinieri still hanging in there as well as they have picked up the pace a little bit here hey hey dan these guys need to press it now i'm talking about bell brock and ramon chuck if they're going to have a chance they're going to have to do it now they cannot come home with feet he's already proved that in the 800 and fink is doing a tremendous job right now of hanging tough with these guys he has not let that separation happen elizabeth you trained with bobby fink you know how tough he is it's unbelievable to see this guy train and practice day after day and that's why he's able to hang with these guys like belle brock and roman chuck and by the way they don't know how fink races because fink has never raced on an international stage like this so if i were belle brock and ramon chuck i'd be a little scared right now the bell sounds the last 100 meters two lengths to go velbrock continues to lead for germany in lane three ramon check below him in lane four bobby fink is he going to have another move like he had in the 800 he was fourth at the wall at the 750 meter mark in the 800. he's building into this 50. he needs a slingshot off this wall but look at that bronco phil brock up there in lane three out a little further from ramon check and fink the turn for holmes seven tenths back is fake ramon check on the same pace [Music] there you go fink is turning on the jets and left five he says i got another gear guys bobby fake doing what he did at the 800 just flashing by velbrook and ramon check unbelievable fake the hero in the 800 it's gonna beat him all in the 15. katie ledecky won the women's first ever 1500 of the olympics and she watches one of the most amazing swimmers we've seen in the olympics as far as coming out of nowhere in the 800 and the 1500 the first u.s olympic gold in this event in 37 years oh my gosh 25 elizabeth he's 25 7 on the end he was 26 3 in the 800 this is after 30 links

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Length: 5min 9sec (309 seconds)

Published: Sat Jul 31 2021