Brazil Tops Men’s 400 Free Relay Prelims

Jul 17, 2015; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Bruno Fratus of Brazil celebrates on the podium after placing second in the men's 50m freestyle final the 2015 Pan Am Games at Pan Am Aquatics UTS Centre and Field House. Mandatory Credit: Erich Schlegel-USA TODAY Sports

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Brazil edged out Australia in the first heat of the men’s 400 free relay at the FINA World Championships and ended up holding on to secure the No. 1 seed for the final. Gabriel Santos (48.84), Marcelo Chierighini (47.75), Cesar Cielo (48.15) and Bruno Fratus (47.60) combined to touch in 3:12.34.

Australia’s Cameron McEvoy, Zac Incerti, Alexander Graham and Jack Cartwright qualified second in 3:12.45, and the United States finished third in 3:12.90. Blake Pieroni, Michael Chadwick, Zach Apple and Townley Haas swam on the American squad, and Pieroni and Haas appear likely to join Nathan Adrian and Caeleb Dressel on the finals squad.

Italy qualified fourth in 3:12.26, and also making the final were Hungary (3:13.28), Russia (3:13.84), Japan (3:14.82) and Canada (3:14.88).

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The American men stopped by the mixed zone and shared their thoughts on the morning swim. Hear from them here:

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Thomas A. Small

6 years ago

Congratulations