The Tokyo Olympic Games are demanding for the families and relatives of the athletes.
With the jet lag, they have to get up in the middle of the night in order to follow the performance of their protégé.
Like Tom Dean, the new Olympic champion in the 200m freestyle.
His relatives, who remained in England, woke up early to support the 21-year-old swimmer.
An initiative rewarded with the title of the Briton, his first in a major competition in an individual event.
The entire Maidenhead Club came together in barely a night to finally rejoice.
To discover
The full Olympic program
The Olympic medal table
Tom Dean won the final in 1'44''22, just ahead of his compatriot, Duncan Scott in 1'44''26.
A better time than the one he had achieved in the semi-final, but therefore not enough to win the Olympic title.
Brazilian Fernando Scheffer finished third in 1'44''66.
Note the beautiful fourth place of the Romanian prodigy David Popovici, 16 years old.
Tom Dean succeeds Chinese Sun Yang, suspended for doping, in the 200m.
