Jack McMillan, from Northern Ireland, will receive an Olympic gold medal after Great Britain retained their Olympic 4x200m freestyle relay title.

Although the 24-year-old did not take part in the final, both he and Englishman Kieran Bird earned medals through their participation in the morning heats.

The same quartet that won gold in Tokyo three years ago – Matt Richards, James Guy, Tom Dean and Duncan Scott – were reunited for the final in the La Defense Arena.

They had a slender lead going into the final leg but Scott, who was a cruel fourth in the individual event 24 hours earlier, brought the team home to win by a relatively comfortable 1.35 seconds.

McMillan’s gold came less than two hours after Daniel Wiffen, also from Northern Ireland, won the men’s 800m freestyle final.

Prior to Tuesday, no athlete from Northern Ireland had won a gold medal since 1988.