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The preliminary lineups are out for the men’s 400 free relay. The Americans, swimming in lane one of the second heat after missing the final in the event at last year’s World Championships, will go lead off with Jimmy Feigen, a member of the silver medal-winning squad from London four years ago, and then go with Olympic rookies Ryan Held and Blake Pieroni on the middle legs.
Anthony Ervin, swimming in his third Olympic Games and a member of the U.S. silver medal-winning squad all the way back in 2000, swims the anchor leg.
Australia rests 100 free world No. 1 and individual gold medal favorite Cameron McEvoy in prelims. Their squad will feature James Magnussen, Kyle Chalmers, James Roberts and Matt Abood. The Aussies also missed out on the final of the event last summer. The Magnussen-led team was favored for gold four years ago in London but ended up fourth.
The French, undefeated since their gold medal win in the event in 2012, will rest Jeremy Stravius and Florent Manaudou in prelims. Their foursome will feature Clement Mignon, William Meynard, Fabien Gilot and Mehdy Metella.
All three of those high-powered squads will swim in heat two. Heat one figures to be led by the Russians, who have Andrey Grechin, Alexander Popkov, Danila Izotov and Alexander Sukhorukov swimming in prelim. Vladimir Morozov figures to join them in finals.
Other notable legs include Santo Condorelli leading off for Canada and Marcelo Cherighini starting off the home favorite Brazilians. Italy’s Marco Orsi and Luca Dotto will swim the first two legs.
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