World Championships: Australia Looking Ominous In Women’s 4×100 Free Relay; USA, Canada & GB Through

Relay Team AUS, Womens 4x100m Medley Final, 18th FINA World Swimming Championships 2019, 28 July 2019, Gwangju South Korea. Pic by Delly Carr/Swimming Australia. Pic credit requested and mandatory for free editorial usage. THANK YOU.

Australia, 2019 World Championships: Delly Carr/Swimming Australia.

Australia Looking Ominous In Women’s 4×100 Free Relay; USA, Canada & GB Through

Australia are the current Olympic and world champions in the women’s 4×100 freestyle and will once more do battle in Saturday’s final.

Only 11 teams lined up in two heats with Tokyo silver medallists Canada winning the first prelim in 3:35.34.

Madi Wilson led off the Australia in 52.99 – to make it four Australians in the top five of the 100 free in 2022 – with the quartet under world-record pace at halfway.

Brianna Throssell leading the team home in 3:33.74 to book lane four with Mollie O’Callaghan and Shayna Jack to slot in for the final.

The USA booked lane five in 3:35.23 with Canada third and Britain fourth in 3:36.24.

Australia splits:

Madi Wilson (52.99)

Meg Harris (52.98) 1:45.97

Leah Neale (53.85) 2:39.82

Brianna Throssell (53.92) 3:33.74

Qualifiers:

Australia: 3:33.74

USA: 3:35.23

Canada: 3:35.34

GB: 3:36.24

China: 3:36.66

Netherlands: 3:37.56

Brazil: 3:38.04

Hungary: 3:39.04

Reserves:

Republic of Korea: 3:42.94

Israel: 3:43.59

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