Mixed 4×100 Free Relay Start Lists Made Available: Cate Campbell to Rest For Australia

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Cate Campbell will not be swimming on Australia's mixed 4x100 free relay. Photo Courtesy: Becca Wyant

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FINA World Swimming Championships

Gwangju 2019

Day Seven Finals (Mixed 4×100 Free Relay)

The start lists for the mixed 4×100 free relay were made available prior to the seventh night of finals at the 2019 FINA World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. The mixed free relay has only been contested at the World Championships in 2015 and 2017 with the United States winning the only two versions of the event.

Every single team in the final will be swimming M-M-F-F.

Australia was expected to be the heavy favorite coming into this meet if they put out their best four swimmers. But the Aussies will be resting Cate Campbell for the final to focus on the 50 free semifinal tonight and the 4×100 medley relay tomorrow. Rest assured, the Aussies will swim Bronte Campbell and Emma McKeon, making them formidable favorites still. Kyle Chalmers and Clyde Lewis will be swimming the first two legs as Chalmers will line up alongside Caeleb Dressel for the United States after their epic 100 free duel on Thursday.

This race is not an Olympic event, while the mixed 4×100 medley relay is.

The Americans have won the only World titles in this event and they will have a strong team to make it three straight tonight. Dressel will give way to Zach Apple, who split a 46.8 earlier in the week in the men’s 4×100 free relay. Mallory Comerford will swim the third leg while World Champion Simone Manuel will anchor.

Canada will be tough to beat on the back end with Taylor Ruck and Penny Oleksiak as long as Markus Thormeyer and Yuri Kisil keep them close. The same could be said for the Netherlands, who will be anchoring with the iconic duo of Femke Heemskerk and Ranomi Kromowidjojo.

France will also be a dark horse for a medal with Clement Mignon and Mehdy Metella on the front end. The French, along with the Russians, pose two of the stronger front halfs in the field. Russia will have Vladislav Grinev, who won the bronze behind Dressel and Chalmers, and Vladimir Morozov on their front end. It’s just a matter of how the Russian women can stack up against the likes of the Canadians and Dutch.

Mixed 4×100 Free Relay Relay Order:

  1. Japan
    1. Katsumi Nakamura
    2. Katsuhiro Matsumoto
    3. Rika Omoto
    4. Aya Sato
  2. Italy
    1. Manuel Frigo
    2. Alessandro Miressi
    3. Ilaria Bianchi
    4. Federica Pellegrini
  3. Canada
    1. Markus Thormeyer
    2. Yuri Kisil
    3. Taylor Ruck
    4. Penny Oleksiak
  4. United States
    1. Caeleb Dressel
    2. Zach Apple
    3. Mallory Comerford
    4. Simone Manuel
  5. Australia
    1. Kyle Chalmers
    2. Clyde Lewis
    3. Emma McKeon
    4. Bronte Campbell
  6. France
    1. Clement Mignon
    2. Mehdy Metella
    3. Charlotte Bonnet
    4. Marie Wattel
  7. Russia
    1. Vladislav Grinev
    2. Vladimir Morozov
    3. Mariia Kameneva
    4. Daria Ustinova
  8. Netherlands
    1. Kyle Stolk
    2. Jesse Puts
    3. Femke Heemskerk
    4. Ranomi Kromowidjojo
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