Alex Walsh and Kate Douglass win silver and bronze medals at Tokyo Olympics

UVA swimmers Alex Walsh and Kate Douglass win medals at Summer Olympics.

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00:00as we look forward to the final of the women's 200 individual medley

00:07what a race in prospect

00:11history beckons

00:12so good start by the americans in three and four washing three douglas in four also in the golden

00:32lanes is abby wood for great britain closer to us with the red hat striking away is the 15 year

00:38yu yiting in six well yu comes in ranked world number five into this 200 im stroke rating very

00:45fast she looks like she's going to lead it around in this first 50 meters her first half of the 200

00:52im is very very good yu she goes out in 27.22 ahead of world record pace what a great underwater

00:59from abby wood from great britain pops up separating kate douglas and yu from china

01:06in lane five with the red cap

01:10watch out for ohashi in two beginning to impose herself but we have five in a line

01:16still the leader the world junior record holder the 15 year old yu yiting from china not much

01:22in it what's her breaststroke like because we know there's some good breaststroke in the middle of

01:27the pool tiffany pickeram in lane seven also will need to strike now if she wants a chance for a

01:31medal abby word sitting strongly for great britain in five and up at the top of the pool

01:36now it's walsh for the united states in three and ohashi in two the winner of the 400 individual

01:41medley it was a great backstroke led by alex walsh she really put herself into contention

01:46third on the wall and the breaststroke is going very nicely for both walsh and ohashi could ohashi

01:53win the double the 200 and the 400 im drama around this turn there are five in a line now

02:01douglas for the united states in the middle of the pool with a little bit of work to do with 50 to go

02:05now it's walsh ohashi and abby wood for great britain and this is the charge now eyes across

02:10the pool it looks like alex walsh alex walsh is just in front for the united states there's not

02:15much in it coming back is ohashi from two the fight from the middle of the pool kate douglas

02:20from the united states coming in and abby wood for great britain is not out of this

02:24they are now down to four for the medals there are only three can win them up at the top is ohashi

02:30ohashi and walsh in the battle for the gold and ohashi strikes gold

02:33double olympic champion for the japanese