Australia Dominates Men’s 400 Free Relay at 2015 FINA World Junior Championships

Photo Courtesy: Swimming Australia

Australia proved to be too consistently good across the board en route to gold in the men’s 400-meter freestyle relay at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.

Vincent Dai, Kyle Chalmers, Brayden McCarthy and Jack Cartwright won the finale in 3:17.39 with Chalmers leading the way with a strong 48.41 second leg.

Team USA’s Ryan Hoffer, Daniel Kruger, Michael Jensen and Maxime Rooney finished second with a time of 3:18.42.

Italy’s Alessandro Bori, Giovanni Izzo, Ivano Vendrame and Alessandro Miressi placed third in 3:18.58.

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Photo Courtesy: Omega Timing

Brazil (3:18.92), Russia (3:19.28), Canada (3:20.44), Venezuela (3:23.41) and Egypt (3:23.77) also competed for the gold medal.

SCHEDULED EVENTS

Men’s 400 free finals
Women’s 50 breast semis
Men’s 100 back semis
Women’s 400 IM finals
Men’s 100 breast semis
Women’s 100 back semis
Men’s 400 free relay
Women’s 800 free relay

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Ginnette Powell

8 years ago

being Australian you gotta be able to swim fast from the sharks and punch one in the nose! Congratulations!