Team USA Crushes World Record in Mixed 200 Free Relay at Worlds – Video

Mixed 200 free relay world record Team USA

DOHA – Team USA turned on the heat in the mixed 200 free relay en route to a world record at the FINA World Short Course Championships. Watch Race Video

The quartet of Josh Schneider (20.94), Matt Grevers (20.75), Madison Kennedy (23.63) and rookie Abbey Weitzeil (23.25) threw down a winning 1:28.57 to set the global standard.

Weitzeil entered the water third behind Russia and Brazil, but left no doubt against the rest of the anchors with her 23.25.

That effort broke the world record of 1:29.53 set by Russia’s Sergey Fesikov (21.13), Vlad Morozov (20.72), Rozaliya Nasretdinova (23.70) and Veronika Popova (23.98) in 2013. It also easily cleared the 1:30.80 American record set by the U.S. in prelims.

Russia’s Evgeny Sedov (20.59), Morozov (20.65), Popova (23.93) and Nasretdinova (23.96) finished second in 1:29.13, setting a new European record in the process.

Brazil’s Cesar Cielo (20.65), Joao De Lucca (21.03), Etiene Medeiros (23.58) and Larissa Oliveira (23.91) placed third overall in 1:29.17.

Italy (1:29.22), Germany (1:30.55), Ukraine (1:31.51), South Africa (1:33.19) and Norway (1:33.88) made up the rest of the championship finale.

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Men’s 200 free relay finals
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