US swimmer Carson Foster misses silver medal by fingertip in thrilling 400M individual medley final

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Team USA swimmer Carson Foster needed just a fingertip to win silver in the 400-meter individual medley final at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Sunday. 

As Foster came flying down the final 50 meters in the race, swimming freestyle, the entire pack was competing for silver as French star Leon Marchand, well ahead of the competition, chased his own world record. Marchand won the first gold medal of his career. 

Foster and Japan’s Matsushita Tomoyuki were jousting for silver and bronze coming down the stretch, and it looked like the one with longer arms would win. 

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