Women’s 4×50 Freestyle Relay
Canada started the final night of the 2016 FINA Short Course World Championships giving the home crowd in Windsor, Ontario, something to cheer about.
Canada won the 4×50 freestyle relay with a Canadian-record 1:35.00. Michelle Williams led off for the Canadians, followed by Sandrine Mainville, Taylor Ruck and Penny Oleksiak.
The Netherlands (Tamara Van Vliet, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Maaike De Waard and Kim Busch) finished second at 1:35.37 to take the silver medal, while Italy (Silvia di Pietro, Erika Ferraioli, Aglaia Pezzato and Frederica Pellegrini) took the bronze at 1:35.61.
Team USA (Amanda Weir, Kelsi Worrell, Madison Kennedy and Katrina Marie Konopka) finished just out of the medals, taking fourth in 1:35.86.
Denmark took fifth (1:36.98), followed by France (1:37.21), China (1:37.96) and Japan in 1:39.79.
