PARIS, July 27 (Xinhua) -- Germany's Lukas Maertens clinched the men's 400m freestyle gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Saturday by holding off a late challenge from Australia's Elijah Winnington in the final.
Maertens led from start to touch the wall in three minutes, 41.78 seconds, more than four tenths of a second ahead of Winnington at the Paris La Defense Arena. South Korea's Kim Woomin was third in