Matt Richards completed the medal hat-trick at the European Junior Championships as he struck 200m Freestyle silver on the final night in Kazan.
The 16-year-old sensation smashed his person al best again as he added to his 100m Freestyle gold and bronze in the 4x10o Freestyle Relay in Russia.
Richards clocked 1:47.23 just missing out on the gold as he underlined why he is regarded as one of Britain’s brightest swimming prospects.
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The Droitwich-based schoolboy was third going into the final 50m but touched home 0.03 ahead of Switzerland’s Antonio Djakovic, who took the bronze in 1:47.26.
Sweden’s Robin Hanson won the gold medal in 1:46.93.
Two other Welsh swimmers reached the finals on the final day of competition.
Medi Harris was eighth in a time of 1:02.46 in the 100m Backstroke having finished seventh in the 50m Backstroke final.
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And Kyle Booth was again in personal best form as he followed upon his fifth in the 200m breaststroke with seventh in the 100m distance in 1:02.61.
Booth’s time of 2:12.48 for the 200m breaststroke was also a PB and a British age group record for a 17-year-0old.