Max Litchfield

Diving in again: Pontefract's Max Litchfield competing in the men’s 400m individual medley at Paris La Defense Arena at the summer's Olympic Games. (Picture: Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

Litchfield proves true to his word as he comes back after Olympic heartbreak
Never under-estimate the will of a Yorkshireman, especially one who has been close to glory so many times.

Star of the Games - Leon Marchand, of France, arrives for the men's 200-meter butterfly final at the 2024 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Leon Marchand overtakes Antoine Dupont to become France's Olympic poster boy

Devastated: Max Litchfield of Team Great Britain reacts after finishing fourth in the Olympic 400m IM final in Paris (Picture: Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

Yorkshire's Max Litchfield gutted at missing out on an Olympic medal again

NOT QUITE: Max Litchfield contemplates what might have been after finishing outside the medals again at the Olympics in the Men's 400m Individual Medley Final at the Paris La Defense Arena. Picture: Martin Rickett/PA

Litchfield forced to endure more Olympics heartache in the pool

Back in the flow: Pontefract's Max Litchfield on his way to winning the 400m individual medley in a British record time at the national championships to secure his spot at Paris. (Picture: Alex Pantling/Getty Images)

Yorkshire swimmer free of the demons as he bids to shed nearly man tag in Paris

TEAM GUY: York's James Wilby has made the GB Olympic swimming team for Paris. Picture: Adam Davy/PA Wire.

Yorkshire swimmers named in Team GB squad for Paris 2024

Pontefract's Max Litchfield on his way to winning the Men's 400m IM on day three of the British Swimming Championships in London to seal his spot at the Paris Olympics (Picture: Alex Pantling/Getty Images)

Yorkshire swimmer Max Litchfield seals Olympic return after two-year struggle

Famous face: Three-time Olympic champion Adam Peaty could take part in six races at Ponds Forge. Picture: Adam Davy/PA Wire.

Olympian Adam Peaty the headline act at Ponds Forge

SO CLOSE: Pontefract's Max Litchfield on his way to fionishing fourth in the Men's 400m Individual Medley final at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. Picture: Adam Davy/PA

Tokyo Olympics: Agony for Max Litchfield after another fourth-place finish

Max Litchfield of Great Britain is seen with his gold medal from the Men's 400m IM final during day two of the LEN European Short Course Swimming Championships at Tollcross International Swimming Centre on December 5, 2019 in Glasgow. (Picture: Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Max Litchfield free of the shackles as he plots a clear path to Tokyo 2020

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Pontefract swimmer Litchfield ends long wait for a major medal

Lizzie Simmonds is back at the Commonwealth Games.

Commonwealth Games: Refreshed Simmonds meets her Australia deadline

Max Litchfield in action during his record-breaking swim at the world championships in Budapest last year (Picture: AP)

Max Litchfield puts focus on Tokyo by withdrawing from Commonwealth Games

England's Aimee Willmott in action in the Women's 400m Individual Medley at Tolcross International Swimming Centre during the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. (Picture: PA)

Commonwealth Games: Aimee Willmott joins Litchfield brothers in Australia

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Sheffield's Max Litchfield heading to Denmark for Commonwealth Games build up

Sheffields Max Litchfield looks at the scoreboard, which confirmed he had placed just outside the medals in the mens 400m individual medley at the World Championships in Budapest (Picture: Rogan Thomson/SWpix.com).

Sheffield's Max Litchfield gives his all but is edged out yet again in Budapest

City of Sheffields Max Litchfield looks dismayed as the scoreboard in Budapest shows the result of the World Championship 200m mens individual medley race in which he was edged out of the medal positions by Chinas Shun Wang by 0.6 of a second (Picture: Rogan Thomson/SWpix.com).

City of Sheffield's Max Litchfield comes up short in Budapest but soon turns att...

Out of sync: Yorks James Wilby suffered a series of mishaps before his World Championship bid fell at the first hurdle. (Picture: Rogan Thomson/SWPix.com)

World Championships: Mental aspect key to York's James Wilby making more of lear...

Gold medal winner Adam Peaty of Britain on the podium during the awarding ceremony of men's 50m breaststroke final of the World Aquatics Championships in the Duna Arena in Budapest (Tamas Kovacs/MTI via AP)

I can go even lower, insists Peaty, after second world title

Max Litchfield in action during his record-breaking swim in Budapest (Photo: PA)

Swimming: Max Litchfield smashes 200 IM British record at World Championships

City of Sheffield swimmer Max Litchfield

Swimming: All about the process as Max Litchfield and GB swimmers eye progress a...
In the most successful Olympic games for Great British swimmers since 1908, Max Litchfield's breakthrough fourth place at Rio 2016 was perhaps lost amid a fortune of medal riches.
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Max Litchfield celebrates winning the Men's Open 400m Individual Medley Final during day three of the 2017 British Swimming Championships at Ponds Forge, Sheffield.

Litchfield brothers among the medals in Sheffield

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Doncaster brothers Max and Joe Litchfield

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Middlesbrough's Aimee Willmott. Picture: Joe Giddens/PA

Chance for Yorkshire swimmers to prosper

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Great Britain's Max Litchfield during the Men's 400m Individual Medley heats on the first day of the Rio Olympics Games, Brazil.

Rio 2016: Max Litchfield, Aimee Willmott at home in Olympic deep end

Middlesbrough's Aimee Willmott

Rio 2016: Family pride at stake for maturing Aimee Willmott

Outside chance: National 400m champion Max Litchfield feels he can match it with the best in Rio (h602d233)

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Yorkshire swimmers all kitted out for Olympic adventure

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