RACE VIDEO: American Men Set 4 x 50 Free Relay Short Course World Record in Hangzhou

by Diana Pimer

14 December 2018, 04:23am

The fourth finals session of the 2018 FINA Short Course World Championships in Hangzhou, China started with a New World Record courtesy of Team USA.

The American men’s relay team of Caeleb Dressel, Ryan Held, Jack Conger and Michael Chadwick set a new World Record in the 4 x 50 Freestyle (1:21.80), while Dressel lowered his own American mark in his leadoff leg down to 20.43.

Held (on swimming fast): “That was fun. We love to swim fast and no better way to swim fast than to set a world record.”

Conger (on swimming with this group of teammates): “We’re all kind of used to swimming against each other in a short-course atmosphere, so being able to do it as a team, it’s kind of like the Dream Team. We knew we had a pretty good chance going in, but we just had to execute the right stuff and it all worked out.”

Chadwick (on whether setting a world record is fun): “It’s a blast. I think we’re just getting better as the meet goes on. For the U.S. there’s no bigger honor than breaking a record like this, so like any team we’re just going to keep it rolling and praise God for this opportunity.”

The split was out-done only by Russia’s Vladimir Morozov, who opened up the race for the Russians in a 20.39. Morozov was joined by teammates Evgeny Sedov, Ivan Kuzmenko and Evgeny Rylov for the silver.

Italy’s Santo Conorelli, Andrea Vergani, Lorenzo Zazzeri and Alessandro Miressi earned the bronze medal.

Held raced to the fastest non-lead off split in the field of 20.25. He was followed by South Africa’s Chad le Clos (20.31), Rylov (20.37) and Vergani (20.44).

The previous World Record was set by Russia in 2014.

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Thomas A. Small

5 years ago

Congratulations

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