Ryan Cochrane of Canada swims to a silver medal in the men's 1500-metre freestyle at the 2012 Olympic Games in London on Saturday, August 4, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
August 04, 2012 - 3:00 PM
LONDON - Canadian swimmer Ryan Cochrane has won silver in the men's 1,500-metre freestyle at the Olympic Games.
The 23-year-old from Victoria held off defending Olympic champion Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia for second place, finishing in 14 minutes 39.63 seconds.
China's Sun Yang won in a world-record time of 14:31.0.
Cochrane earned Canada's second swimming medal of the Games.
Brent Hayden of Mission, B.C., won bronze in the 100-metre freestyle.
Cochrane won a bronze medal in the 1,500 at the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing.
He was a silver medallist at the last two world championships.
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