{"id":116223,"date":"2014-12-04T23:51:34","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T06:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=116223"},"modified":"2014-12-06T21:07:33","modified_gmt":"2014-12-07T04:07:33","slug":"team-usa-takes-american-record-womens-200-medley-relay-worlds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/team-usa-takes-american-record-womens-200-medley-relay-worlds\/","title":{"rendered":"Team USA Takes Down American Record in Women’s 200 Medley Relay at Worlds – Video"},"content":{"rendered":"

DOHA \u2013\u00a0<\/span>The world record in the women\u2019s 200 medley relay was put on notice this morning with Denmark and USA both putting up 1:46s. Watch Race Video<\/a><\/p>\n

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Denmark\u2019s Mie Nielsen (26.60), Rikke Moller Pedersen (30.06), Jeanette Ottesen (25.79) and Pernille Blume (24.31) topped qualifying in 1:46.76, less than a second off Denmark\u2019s record of 1:45.92.<\/p>\n

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Team USA\u2019s Felicia Lee (26.83), Emma Reaney (30.61), Claire Donahue (25.34) and Amanda Weir (24.04) smashed the American record with a second-seeded time of 1:46.82.<\/p>\n

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That swim took down the oldest women\u2019s short course record on the American books of Beth Botsford, Amanda Beard, Amy Bouta and Denali Knapp for the Arizona Wildcats at the 2000 NCAA Championships swum in short course meters.\u00a0That squad put up a 1:49.71 for the record in Indianapolis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Brazil\u2019s Etiene Meideros (26.80), Ana Carvalho (30.62), Daiene Marcal Dias (25.62) and Alessandra Marchioro (24.16) placed third in 1:47.20.<\/p>\n

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China (1:47.40), Russia (1:47.40), France (1:47.86), Italy (1:48.02) and Japan (1:48.40) also made the finale. \u00a0That\u2019s a big eighth-place finish for Japan as the nation has had multiple ninth-place spots in relays throughout this week.<\/p>\n

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Scheduled Events<\/h2>\n
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  • Women\u2019s 200 medley relay<\/li>\n
  • Men\u2019s 50 back<\/li>\n
  • Women\u2019s 200 back<\/li>\n
  • Men\u2019s 50 fly<\/li>\n
  • Women\u2019s 100 breast<\/li>\n
  • Men\u2019s 400 free<\/li>\n
  • Men\u2019s 200 IM<\/li>\n
  • Women\u2019s 400 free<\/li>\n
  • Men\u2019s 200 breast<\/li>\n
  • Women\u2019s 400 free relay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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