Adam Peaty will no longer be able to join the great Michael Phelps in swimming history after suffering his first Olympic loss in the men's 100m breaststroke final.
Peaty was hoping to become only the second male swimmer to win the same event at three consecutive Olympics, following Phelps, but Italy's Nicolo Martinenghi pulled off a stunning upset victory from lane seven.
His time of 59.03 seconds was 0.2 seconds faster than Peaty, who touched the barrier at the same time as American Nick Fink, meaning the two athletes shared the silver medal.
Adam Peaty won breaststroke gold in Rio 2016 and again in Tokyo three years ago.
Peaty's silver was one of two medals won by Team GB on day two, with Kimberley Woods dramatically claiming bronze in the women's kayak final and Andy Murray and Dan Evans coming from behind to win the men's doubles on an eventful Sunday.
Peaty and Woods add to Team GB's medal tally
Qin Haiyang was seen as Peaty's main rival but the Chinese finished a disappointing seventh. Qin led in Sunday's showpiece and took the lead at the halfway point but was overtaken by the fastest Peaty in the semifinals but was overtaken by Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist Martinenghi.
“I did the best I could,” Petey said. “It's not the final goal that matters, it's the process, and it doesn't matter what the time is on the score. In my mind, I've already won. I'm not crying because I came in second, I'm crying because it took me so long to get here.
“It was really hard to win once and then win again. I'm looking for a new way. I think everything that's happened so far has happened for a reason, and I'm so happy that I was able to race as the best in the world and finish joint second.”
Adam Peaty tied for second and shared the silver medal with Nic Fink of the United States.
Earlier in the day, Woods was sitting third in the kayak final with only one competitor who could push her off the Paris podium: defending champion Ricarda Punk, who had finished first in the afternoon semifinals.
However, the German was penalised 50 seconds for a mistake on the final stretch of the course and finished 11th with a time of 149.08 seconds, while Woods won her first Olympic medal with a time of 98.94 seconds, behind Australia's Jessica Fox and Poland's Claudia Zwolineska.
Kimberley Woods secures Team GB's first medal on day two
“It feels incredible,” Woods said. “I can't believe how long it's been. I couldn't see Ricardo Punk coming down. He was on his knees, with his head in his hands, and then all of a sudden I hear the crowd chanting something and there was a mistake and I'm like, 'Oh my God, I can't believe I did it.'”
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Murray and Evans reached the men's doubles last 16 after saving five match points before defeating Japan's Taro Daniel and Kei Nishikori 2-6 7-6 (5) 11-9.
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In the men's singles, Jack Draper beat Nishikori 6-1, 6-4, Evans beat Moez Echargi 6-2 4-6 6-2, with fellow Briton Cameron Norrie withdrawing with an injury. Katie Boulter was eliminated in the women's singles after losing 6-4 6-2 to Slovenia's Anna Karolina Schmidlova.
In the pool, Duncan Scott and Matt Richards qualified for the men's 200m freestyle final, Angharad Evans qualified for the women's 100m breaststroke final and Ollie Morgan qualified for the men's 100m backstroke final.
Team GB's eventing team was set for a successful final day on Monday, topping the standings after the cross country stage. Laura Collett recorded a time fault of 0.8 in the cross country to take second place in the individual standings with a time of 18.3.
Tom McEwen held on to a 25.8 field score and finished sixth after taking the lead, while Ross Kanter was penalised 15 times in cross country and his appeal was rejected, leaving him in 24th place.
In gymnastics, Becky Downey, Abby Martin, Georgia May-Fenton and Ruby Evans each won their respective events with 160.830 points to advance to Tuesday's women's team final.
Mayfenton and Kinsella also advanced to the individual all-around final, while Downey, who missed the Tokyo Olympics due to the death of his brother, advanced to the uneven bars final.
Elsewhere, Evie Richards finished fifth in the women's cross-country mountain bike race, 25 seconds off a medal, while medal-seeking Chelsea Giles lost to Brazil's Larissa Pimenta in the last 16 of the women's 52kg judo event.
Rosie Eccles suffered a controversial defeat to Aneta Rigielska in the round of 32 of the women's 66kg boxing division, while Pat Brown was eliminated early in her heavyweight round of 16 match against Brazil's Keno Machado after losing 1-4 on points.
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Geraint Hughes explains why Team GB's Charlie Davidson and Rosie Eccles were controversially excluded from boxing at the Olympics.
The women's hockey team lost their first game 1-2 to Spain, with Gisele Ansley scoring the team's only goal, but the men's team continued their unbeaten run with a 2-2 draw with South Africa.
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