Fourth place for former Kesteven & Grantham Girls School pupil Freya Colbert in the Paris Olympics

Freya Colbert came agonisingly close to marking her Olympic debut with a medal in the final of the women's 400m individual medley on Monday night.

The former Kesteven & Grantham Girls School pupil finished in fourth place - just seven-tenths of a second behind Emma Weyant who bagged the bronze medal.

The race was emphatically won by teenage world record holder Summer McIntosh who was more than five seconds clear of the rest of the field.

Colbert had looked well placed for a top three finish after the opening 100m stints of butterfly and backstroke.

However, she lost her grip on third place during the breaststroke section and was unable to pull it back during the final freestyle stint.

The 20-year-old had successfully negotiated her way through the morning heats to secure her spot in the showpiece final.

She came third behind the American duo of Emma Weyant and Katie Grimes and qualified fourth fastest overall from the 16 swimmers across the two heats.

Colbert had earlier been part of the women's 100m freestyle relay team that finished seventh in Saturday's final.

It is her first-ever Olympic appearance after a series of medal-winning performances on the world stage this year.

She won gold at Doha in the World Championships 400m medley race and also secured a silver in the 200m freestyle relay.

Colbert also took gold in the 200m mixed freestyle relay at the European Championships in Rome where she landed a silver medal in 200m freestyle relay and bronze in the 400m medley.