{"id":147368,"date":"2015-08-02T03:00:49","date_gmt":"2015-08-02T10:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=147368"},"modified":"2015-08-02T03:00:49","modified_gmt":"2015-08-02T10:00:49","slug":"usa-australia-fail-to-make-mens-400-free-relay-finals-for-first-time-ever-at-2015-fina-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-australia-fail-to-make-mens-400-free-relay-finals-for-first-time-ever-at-2015-fina-world-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"USA, Australia Fail To Make Men’s 400 Free Relay Finals For First Time Ever at 2015 FINA World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the first time in the history of the FINA World Championships, neither Team USA or Australia will medal in the men’s 400-meter free relay after a shocking turn of events at the 2015 FINA World Championships.<\/p>\n

Since Team USA won the first men’s 400-meter free relay world title in 1973, either USA or Australia has been on the medal podium.<\/p>\n

That changes after USA (11th) and Australia (12th) finished outside the top eight.<\/p>\n

USA’s Jimmy Feigen<\/strong> (49.21), Anthony Ervin<\/strong> (49.69), Matt Grevers<\/strong> (48.67) and Conor Dwyer<\/strong> (48.44) posted a 3:16.01 for 11th.<\/p>\n

Australia’s Tommaso D’Orsogna<\/strong> (49.75), Kyle Chalmers<\/strong> (47.92), Matt Abood<\/strong> (48.78) and Ashley Delaney<\/strong> (49.89) finished 12th in 3:16.34.<\/p>\n

Russia’s Andrey Grechin<\/strong> (48.42), Danila Izotov<\/strong> (48.08), Vlad Morozov<\/strong> (48.00) and Alex Sukhorukov<\/strong> (47.96) paced prelims in 3:12.46.<\/p>\n

Brazil (3:13.99), Italy (3:14.44), France (3:14.53), Japan (3:14.76), Canada (3:15.00), Poland (3:15.18) and China (3:15.47) will battle for the gold medal tonight.<\/p>\n

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