{"id":144851,"date":"2015-07-18T08:44:45","date_gmt":"2015-07-18T15:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=144851"},"modified":"2015-07-18T08:44:45","modified_gmt":"2015-07-18T15:44:45","slug":"natalie-coughlins-blistering-backstroke-leads-usa-to-400-medley-relay-pan-american-games-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/natalie-coughlins-blistering-backstroke-leads-usa-to-400-medley-relay-pan-american-games-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Natalie Coughlin’s Blistering Backstroke Leads USA to 400 Medley Relay Pan American Games Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Natalie Coughlin<\/strong> started Team USA’s women’s 400-meter medley relay with a Pan American Games record in the 100 back with the rest of the team finishing off a record of its own.<\/p>\n

Coughlin raced her way to a sizzling time of 59.20 to break the previous Pan American Games mark of 59.61 set by Etiene Medeiros<\/strong> during her 100 back gold medal performance last night.<\/p>\n

That put Coughlin fourth in the world rankings this year.<\/p>\n

100 Back World Rankings<\/strong><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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Team USA’s Coughlin (59.20), Katie Meili<\/strong> (1:06.57), Kelsi Worrell<\/strong> (57.63) and Allison Schmitt<\/strong> (53.95) finished off a scorching time of 3:57.35. \u00a0That swim blasted USA’s 2011 Pan American Games mark of 4:01.00.<\/p>\n

Canada’s Dominique Bouchard<\/strong> (1:01.18), Tera Van Beilen<\/strong> (1:09.04), Noemie Thomas<\/strong> (58.30) and Sandrine Mainville<\/strong> (53.76) qualified second in 4:02.28.<\/p>\n

Brazil’s Natalia De Luccas<\/strong> (1:03.07), Beatriz Travalon<\/strong> (1:10.08), Daynara De Paula<\/strong> (1:01.09) and Larissa Martins<\/strong> (56.82) qualified third in 4:11.06.<\/p>\n

Mexico (4:12.63), Argentina (4:15.66), Venezuela (4:20.22), Jamaica (4:24.18) and Peru (4:32.62) will also swim tonight.<\/p>\n

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