World champion Daniel Wiffen claimed 800-metres freestyle gold at the Paris Games on Tuesday to give Ireland’s men a first ever Olympic swimming medal. His fastest time of 7 minutes 38.19 seconds set a new Olympic record. Wiffen was ahead for almost the entire race, but lost his lead for a few seconds in the final 100m. After a tight battle, he finished 0.56 ahead of Tokyo 2020 champion Bobby Finke of the United States, who this time had to settle for silver. “I don’t think a lot of people actually believed me that I was going to do it tonight but yeah it was incredible. I’ve done it – that’s …