Team USA Mixed 4×50 Medley Relay Lowers Championship Record; Flirts With World Record

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Mixed 4×50 Medley Relay FINAL:

The mixed 4×50 medley relay came down to the final 15-meters as Team USA and Brazil battled for the gold medal. A powerful 50 free leg from Michael Chadwick propelled Team USA ahead of the competition and to a new Championship Record of 1:37.22, taking that record back from Brazil who posted a 1:37.26 in 2014.

Tom Shields (23.45) switched from his usual butterfly to swim the backstroke leg for Team USA, giving Lilly King (28.74) and Kelsi Worrell (24.59) a solid start to the race. Chadwick had a bit of catching up to do as he moved Team USA from it’s position at seventh up to first with a split of 20.44.

Brazil’s relay team of Etiene Medeiros (25.93), Felipe Lima (25.46), Nicholas Santos (21.93), and Larissa Oliveira (24.42) settled for second and a time of 1:37.74.

Junya Koga (22.74), Yoshiki Yamanaka (26.48), Rikako Ikee (24.89), and Sayuki Ouchi (24.34) turned in a combined time of 1:38.45 to earn bronze for Japan. Koga’s time once again lowered his own Asian Record in the 50-SCM backstroke not long after lowering it to a 22.81 in the individual event.

China finished fourth overall with a time of 1:38.93, followed by Canada’s 1:38.98.

Russia (1:39.11) and Sweden (1:40.51) posted sixth and seventh places respectively, while the Italian relay was disqualified.

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7 years ago

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