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- Updated: August 12, 2016
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GB’s Tutton misses 200m breaststroke bronze
Great Britain’s Chloe Tutton appeared to criticise controversial swimmer Yulia Efimova’s presence in Rio after the Russian finished ahead of her in the 200m breaststroke.
Efimova, who was allowed to compete after appealing against a doping ban, took silver with Tutton fourth.
“I would’ve preferred it to have been a completely clean Games,” the 20-year-old Welsh swimmer said afterwards.
“I couldn’t help who was here. I’m not happy with it, but that’s how it is.”
Analysis – Steve Parry on BBC Radio 5 live”Efimova in second placed didn’t even know she was in the games until three days ago.”I don’t want to see people taken out of the sport, but I don’t think that’s quite right. She shouldn’t have been in the race and a 20-year-old from Britain should have had a medal.”
Rie Kaneto won Japan’s seventh gold medal at Rio 2016 to beat Efimova into silver.
China’s Jinglin Shi won bronze, just six one-hundreths of a second ahead of fourth-placed Tutton.
Her British team-mate Molly Renshaw, 20, finished …
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