NANTERRE, FRANCE – JULY 30: Kieran Smith of Team United States competes in the Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay Final on day four of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on July 30, 2024 in Nanterre, France. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
Ridgefield's Kieran Smith can add another Olympic medal to his resume. This time it's silver.
Smith was part of Team USA's men's 4x200m freestyle relay team that swam to a second-place finish behind Great Britain in the pool in Paris on Tuesday night. Australia took the bronze.
Though not a part of the team that swam the preliminary heat earlier in the day, Smith was given the honor of swimming the anchor leg of the relay.
"It feels awesome. I'm super proud to be walking home from Paris with an Olympic silver medal, add to my tally," Smith said after the race. "Happy to do it with these three men behind me and huge appreciation for the relay swimmers that got it done this morning as well."
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His 1:44.80 leg was the fastest of any of the American swimmers in the final.
Smith was one of two swimmers in the final who were on the relay team that missed out on the medals in the same event in Tokyo three years ago.
He won a bronze medal in the men's 400m freestyle in Tokyo.
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He swam in the 400m freestyle event in Paris earlier in the week, but did not advance out of the preliminary heats.
