The United States dominated the women’s 200 medley relay from start to finish, winning by more than two seconds and crushing the world record. Ali DeLoof (26.12), Lilly King (28.78), Kelsi Worrell (24.44) and Katrina Konopka (23.93) combined to swim a time of 1:43.27, breaking the previous world record of 1:44.04 set by Denmark two years ago.
The win marks the second U.S. gold medal of the meet after Worrell led the women’s 400 free relay squad to a gold last night.
Italy’s team of Silvia Scalia, Martina Carraro, Silvia Di Pietro and Erika Ferraioli took silver in 1:45.38, and Denmark’s Mie Nielsen, Matilde Schroeder, Emilie Beckmann and Jeanette Ottesen got the bronze in 1:45.98.
Canada finished fourth, just out of the medals, in 1:46.00, and Australia was next in 1:46.27. Russia (1:46.61), Japan (1:47.90) and China (1:48.15) rounded out the field.
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