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BBC News
24-07-2025
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- BBC News
Droitwich Olympian Matt Richards replays moment he missed gold
Team GB swimmer Matt Richards has admitted he replays the 200m freestyle final at the Paris Olympics in his head after missing out on a gold medal by a fraction of a 22-year-old, who is from Droitwich, won silver after finishing 0.02 seconds behind Romanian teenager David how often he had gone over the race in his mind, Richards said: "Many, many, many times, probably more times than I could count."It's one of those things where there's good parts and bad parts. One one hand, you've won an Olympic silver individually. On the other hand, you've missed out on gold by two hundredths of a second." He added: "At the end of the day, that's sport and I think there's lessons to be learned on both sides of that coin, and parts of that I'll try to take forward with me again into this summer and beyond."Richards will get another chance to race on the big stage at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore next week. 'A lot of potential' His appetite to win will be fuelled by his near miss last said: "I'm always going to go into races with the goal and, I suppose, the expected outcome of trying to win the race regardless of what's happened in the previous race or somebody else's previous race or what's expected on paper. "That's always going to be my goal."A race like that, it's always going to be one that sticks with you for good and bad reasons, but longer term, trying to put that right over the next few years and trying to turn that silver into gold is going to be the target."Richards will swim the 100m freestyle as well as the 200m in said: "I do think that the 100m, there's a lot of potential there for me."I've got a lot of speed, I'm a 21 second swimmer on the 50m but I've also got a real good engine on that 200m and I think, at some point, those two will come together really well and form a really strong 100m freestyle. Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
Powys County Times
24-07-2025
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- Powys County Times
Matt Richards: I've re-run Olympic final ‘more times than I could count'
Matt Richards has admitted he has re-run the 200 metres freestyle final at the Paris Olympics in his head 'many, many, many times' after missing out on a gold medal by a fraction of a second. The 22-year-old Briton won silver after finishing 0.02 seconds behind Romanian teenager David Popovici and, while that represented a major achievement, he still cannot help but reflect upon what might have been. Asked how many times he had gone over that race in his mind, Richards replied: 'Many, many, many times, probably more times than I could count, to be fair. 'But it's one of those things where there's good parts and bad parts. One one hand, you've won an Olympic silver individually; on the other hand, you've missed out on gold by two hundredths of a second, so there's swings and roundabouts. 'But at the end of the day, that's sport and I think there's lessons to be learned on both sides of that coin, and parts of that I'll try to take forward with me again into this summer and beyond.' Richards will get another chance to race on the big stage at the World Aquatics Championships which get under way in Singapore next week and he will walk out with his appetite whetted by his near miss last summer. He said: 'I'm always going to go into races with the goal and, I suppose, the expected outcome of trying to win the race regardless of what's happened in the previous race or somebody else's previous race or what's expected on paper. That's always going to be my goal. 'A race like that, it's always going to be one that sticks with you for good and bad reasons, but longer term, trying to put that right over the next few years and trying to turn that silver into gold is going to be the target.' Richards will swim the 100m freestyle as well as the 200m in Singapore and, while the longer event remains his focus, he is confident there is more to come from him over two lengths of the pool. He said: 'I do think that the 100m, there's a lot of potential there for me. I've got a lot of speed – I'm a 21 (second) swimmer on the 50m – but I've also got a real good engine on that 200m and I think, at some point, those two will come together really well and form a really strong 100m freestyle.'
The Independent
24-07-2025
- Sport
- The Independent
Matt Richards: I've re-run Olympic final ‘more times than I could count'
Matt Richards has admitted he has re-run the 200 metres freestyle final at the Paris Olympics in his head 'many, many, many times' after missing out on a gold medal by a fraction of a second. The 22-year-old Briton won silver after finishing 0.02 seconds behind Romanian teenager David Popovici and, while that represented a major achievement, he still cannot help but reflect upon what might have been. Asked how many times he had gone over that race in his mind, Richards replied: 'Many, many, many times, probably more times than I could count, to be fair. 'But it's one of those things where there's good parts and bad parts. One one hand, you've won an Olympic silver individually; on the other hand, you've missed out on gold by two hundredths of a second, so there's swings and roundabouts. 'But at the end of the day, that's sport and I think there's lessons to be learned on both sides of that coin, and parts of that I'll try to take forward with me again into this summer and beyond.' Richards will get another chance to race on the big stage at the World Aquatics Championships which get under way in Singapore next week and he will walk out with his appetite whetted by his near miss last summer. He said: 'I'm always going to go into races with the goal and, I suppose, the expected outcome of trying to win the race regardless of what's happened in the previous race or somebody else's previous race or what's expected on paper. That's always going to be my goal. 'A race like that, it's always going to be one that sticks with you for good and bad reasons, but longer term, trying to put that right over the next few years and trying to turn that silver into gold is going to be the target.' Richards will swim the 100m freestyle as well as the 200m in Singapore and, while the longer event remains his focus, he is confident there is more to come from him over two lengths of the pool. He said: 'I do think that the 100m, there's a lot of potential there for me. I've got a lot of speed – I'm a 21 (second) swimmer on the 50m – but I've also got a real good engine on that 200m and I think, at some point, those two will come together really well and form a really strong 100m freestyle.'
The Herald Scotland
24-07-2025
- Sport
- The Herald Scotland
Matt Richards: I've re-run Olympic final ‘more times than I could count'
Asked how many times he had gone over that race in his mind, Richards replied: 'Many, many, many times, probably more times than I could count, to be fair. Britain's Matt Richards has re-run the men's 200m final at the Paris Olympics in his head many times (Peter Byrne/PA) 'But it's one of those things where there's good parts and bad parts. One one hand, you've won an Olympic silver individually; on the other hand, you've missed out on gold by two hundredths of a second, so there's swings and roundabouts. 'But at the end of the day, that's sport and I think there's lessons to be learned on both sides of that coin, and parts of that I'll try to take forward with me again into this summer and beyond.' Richards will get another chance to race on the big stage at the World Aquatics Championships which get under way in Singapore next week and he will walk out with his appetite whetted by his near miss last summer. He said: 'I'm always going to go into races with the goal and, I suppose, the expected outcome of trying to win the race regardless of what's happened in the previous race or somebody else's previous race or what's expected on paper. That's always going to be my goal. 'A race like that, it's always going to be one that sticks with you for good and bad reasons, but longer term, trying to put that right over the next few years and trying to turn that silver into gold is going to be the target.' Richards will swim the 100m freestyle as well as the 200m in Singapore and, while the longer event remains his focus, he is confident there is more to come from him over two lengths of the pool. He said: 'I do think that the 100m, there's a lot of potential there for me. I've got a lot of speed – I'm a 21 (second) swimmer on the 50m – but I've also got a real good engine on that 200m and I think, at some point, those two will come together really well and form a really strong 100m freestyle.'
BBC News
13-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Olympians to battle for titles at GB Championships
Matt Richards will defend his British 200m freestyle title against two of his Olympic gold medal-winning team-mates at the Aquatics GB Swimming Championships - and you can follow it live on the Duncan Scott and James Guy were part of the quartet that powered to victory at Paris 2024, retaining their 200m freestyle relay title and securing Team GB's only swimming gold medal alongside team-mate Tom Paralympic gold medallists Poppy Maskill and Alice Tai will also be in action as part of the integrated Para-swimming and swimming 1,000 swimmers will compete at the London Aquatics Centre, with 36 British titles to be won across six days of racing. No Peaty, but plenty of entertainment Adam Peaty has confirmed he is aiming to compete at a fourth Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028, but he will not be in action in London after deciding to take a two-year break from competitive the meet is packed with intriguing contests, including in the women's 200m freestyle with Freya Colbert defending her title against former champion Freya Paralympic champion Maisie Summers-Newton joins Tai and Maskell on a packed Para-swimming programme. World Championship places up for grabs Those who meet qualifying standards and finish in the top two in their event will be among the 30 British swimmers heading to Singapore for the World Championships this athletes who won medals at the Olympics in Paris have already earned their place on the British team. Last summer, Richards added a silver in the 200m freestyle and Scott did the same in the 200m individual medley, while Guy and Dean qualify through their relay gold medals and Ben Proud is on the plane by virtue of his silver medal in the 50m free. GB Swimming Championships schedule and BBC coverage Coverage of each night of the championships including the finals of every event will be available on iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and BBC Sport app from 18.45 15 AprilWomen's 50m breaststrokeMen's 400m freestyleWomen's 200m butterflyMen's 150m individual medley (Para-swimming only)Women's 200m freestyleMen's 100m breaststrokeWednesday, 16 AprilMen's 50m breaststrokeWomen's 1500m freestyleMen's 200m butterflyWomen's 400m individual medleyMen's 400m individual medleyWomen's 100m backstrokeThursday, 17 AprilWomen's 50m backstrokeMen's 1500m freestyleWomen's 200m breaststrokeMen's 100m backstrokeWomen's 50m freestyleMen's 100m freestyleFriday, 18 AprilMen's 50m backstrokeWomen's 50m butterflyMen's 100m butterflyWomen's 400m freestyleMen's 200m individual medleyWomen's 200m backstrokeSaturday, 19 AprilMen's 800m freestyleWomen's 100m butterflyWomen's 150m individual medley (Para-swimming only)Men's 200m breaststrokeMen's 50m freestyleWomen's 200m individual medleySunday, 20 AprilMen's 50m butterflyWomen's 800m freestyleMen's 200m backstrokeWomen's 100m breaststrokeWomen's 100m freestyleMen's 200m freestyle
