James Guy targets a second medal in 4x100m medley relay at Rio Olympics

The former pupil of Our Ladys Catholic Primary School and Newman High School is still buzzing from playing the anchor role in Team GB’s silver medal winning 4x200m relay team.

And the 20-year-old is looking for more success when he lines up in the 4x100m medley relay in Rio.

Freestyle specialist Guy claims he’s in good form too having made the semi-finals of his ‘bonus’ event, the 100m butterfly, though his time ranked him 14th with only the top eight making the final earlier this morning.

“I’m really excited for the relay,” he said.

“Obviously [Adam] Peaty’s on fire, Chris [Walker-Hebborn] is swimming well and little Duncan Scott is swimming very, very fast so we’ve got a good chance of a medal there which is quite nice.

“We’ve been doing a few bits of practice for takeovers this week but everyone has been quite busy with their individual events.

"But we have done a bit more. I haven’t done a great deal of fly this year but I’ve done a 51 second here and with takeover time as well, it’ll be faster hopefully.”

The heats start tonight at 7.48pm.

The double world champion also paid tribute to Michael Phelps on the night he claimed the 22nd Olympic gold of his career and rewrote even more records with a storming victory in the 200m medley.

He became the third Olympian to win the same individual event at four Games and his 12th individual gold erased a 2,168 year old mark - set by Leonidas of Rhodes in 152 BC.

Phelps was back in the pool - in the next door lane to Guy - for the 100m butterfly and the British swimmer was honoured just to be in his presence for the second time this Games.

He added: “It was a pretty sick experience swimming next to [Michael] Phelps.

"I could see him beside me. It’s nice to say I’ve raced the greatest of all time and I’m pretty sure I was on a par with him until about 10m to go when it hurt a little bit. But that’s why he’s the greatest of all-time.

“It’s the first time I’ve ever swum at the same competition as him and I’ve finished a race beside him. I’ve always wanted to race against him.

"He’s been a real inspiration of mine since I was a young boy – since I was seven years old. So to race against him is pretty special.

“The way he goes about things and addresses himself in the pool and the warm-up pool. All the little things have a purpose in them and it obviously works for him.”