France Reclaims Men’s 400 Free Relay at FINA World Short Course Championships – Video

France Men's 400 free relay world title in Doha 2014

DOHA – France reclaimed its men’s 400-meter free relay title at the FINA World Short Course Championships. Watch Race Video Here

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Men’s 400 free relay

France reclaimed its 2010 world title with a meet-record performance in the men’s 400-meter free relay.

France’s Clement Mignon (47.05), Fabien Gilot (46.13), Florent Manaudou (44.80) and Mehdy Metella (45.80) raced their way to a 3:03.78 for the win. That swim just missed the world record set by the U.S. in 2009 of 3:03.30, but cut a second from France’s meet mark of 3:04.78 from 2010.

Manaudou and Metella were the key legs as France loaded the back end of their relay to overtake early leader Russia.

Russia’s Vlad Morozov opened up with a meet record of 45.51 in the 100-meter free as Sergei Fesikov (46.01), Danila Izotov (45.79) and Mikhail Polishchuk (46.87) closed out a second-place 3:04.18. That’s Russia’s third straight silver medal with finishes behind France (2010) and USA (2012) that previous two editions.

Team USA’s Jimmy Feigen (47.41), Matt Grevers (46.13), Ryan Lochte (46.02) and Tom Shields (46.02) claimed bronze in 3:05.58 to keep their podium streak in tact.

Lochte won his fourth medal in the 400 free relay with two golds and two bronzes. That’s second with Stefan Nystrand of Sweden, who has a gold, two silvers and a bronze. Lars Frolander of Sweden has the overall mark with six relay medals including a gold, three silvers and two bronzes.

Italy (3:05.79), Australia (3:06.48), Belgium (3:07.54), Japan (3:07.79) and Brazil (3:08.31) also competed in the finale.

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