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Tom Dean’s friends and family celebrate his Olympic-winning moment

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Tom Dean’s friends and family celebrate him winning gold at Tokyo Olympics

Great Britain’s Tom Dean won Olympic gold in the men’s 200 metres freestyle on Tuesday, sending his friends and family watching at home into wild celebrations.

The swimmer clocked a British record time of 1:44:22 in the final, finishing just 0.04 seconds ahead of his teammate Duncan Scott to complete a famous one-two in the pool for Team GB.

Footage of Dean’s overjoyed friends and family celebrating his Olympic-winning moment has since gone viral online, with those watching screaming, cheering and jumping around as he secured gold.

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