USA Men’s 400 Free Relay Claim Gold; Michael Phelps Earns 19th Career Gold

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Men’s 400 Free Relay Final:

Caeleb Dressel launched the Americans to a swift start in finals of the men’s 400 free relay holding a tight race with France, Canada, and Australia.

Dressel (48.10), Michael Phelps (47.12), Ryan Held (47.73), and Nathan Adrian (46.97) held off the men of France to re-claim gold with a final time of 3:09.92. This marks the nineteenth gold medal of Phelps’ career and 24th total.

France’s Mehdy Metella (48.08), Fabien Gilot (48.20), Florent Manaudou (47.14), and Jeremy Stravius (47.11) settled for second and a 3:10.53.

The Australian team of James Roberts (48.88), Kyle Chalmers (47.38), James Magnussen (48.11), and Cameron McEvoy (47.00) charged ahead of the Russian relay team to claim the bronze with a 3:11.37.

The Russian Federation finished a close fourth with a final time of 3:11.64, while the home-crowd favorite, Brazil, picked up fifth with a 3:13.21.

Belgium grabbed sixth with a 3:13.57, followed by Canada (3:14.35) and Japan (3:14.48).

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Shari Perry Stewart

6 years ago

By far this is always the most exciting event of the Olympic swim events and the boys did not disappoint tonight!!!! We were screaming till the end ???!
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CONGRATS USA for bringing the GOLD back home ??