Men’s 4×50 Freestyle Relay:
It was close to anyone’s race as the anchors for the men’s 200 free relay dove in, but a strong anchor leg from Vladimir Morozov powered the Russian Federation to victory. The group of Aleksei Brianskii (21.70), Nikita Lobintsev (21.06), Aleksandr Popkov (20.85), and Morozov (20.71) posted a combined time of 1:24.32 for the gold.
The USA took a close silver with a combined time of 1:24.47. The relay team consisted of Paul Powers (21.73), Blake Pieroni (21.14), Michael Chadwick (21.02), and Tom Shields (20.58).
Japan’s Kosuke Matsui (21.81), Kenta Ito (20.96), Shinri Shioura (20.60), and Junya Koga (21.14) finished third overall with a time of 1:24.51.
France picked up a fourth place finish with a time of 1:24.69, followed by the Netherlands’ 1:25.22.
South Africa (1:25.61), Belarus (1:26.52), and China (1:26.76) completed the heat.
