Olympics-Swimming-Medals in minutes for sprint couple Blume and Manaudou


Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Swimming - Women's 50m Freestyle - Medal Ceremony - Tokyo Aquatics Centre - Tokyo, Japan - August 1, 2021. Pernille Blume of Denmark with her bronze medal REUTERS/Marko Djurica

TOKYO (Reuters) - Moments before winning her bronze medal in Tokyo on Sunday, Denmark's Pernille Blume had a double dose of Olympic nerves and battled to stay focused as partner Florent Manaudou of France stepped up for the men's 50m freestyle final.

Swimming's sprint couple won medals for a second successive Olympics on Sunday, with Blume adding 50 freestyle bronze to her gold in Rio and London 2012 champion Manaudou in the medals for a third straight Games with a silver.

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