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Even before the world record, Weitzeil acknowledged after she would have to swim much faster to be in medal contention in Rio, and the U.S. will need improvements all across the board if they want to win a medal in the 400 free relay\u2014let alone gold, with Australia having three women who have gone under 53 this year.<\/p>\n<p>But those races aside, the American women need Weitzeil or <strong>Simone Manuel<\/strong> to drop some time for a potential anchor leg on the 400 medley relay. The Americans were a disappointing fourth in that event at the World Championships last summer, but if Manuel does not get the spot they will roll out a totally new quartet this time around.<\/p>\n<p>And the pieces look strong: <strong>Olivia Smoliga<\/strong> was extremely impressive in the 100 back this week at Trials, as was<strong> Lilly King<\/strong> in the 100 breast and <strong>Kelsi Worrell<\/strong> in the 100 fly. Australia will almost surely trail the Americans at 300 meters, even with <strong>Emily Seebohm<\/strong> on the leadoff leg.<\/p>\n<p>Then, Campbell will go into the water. Right now she has an advantage of 1.22 seconds on Weitzeil. However big of a lead that either Worrell or <strong>Dana Vollmer<\/strong> gets going into the anchor leg, Campbell will be coming on hard.<\/p>\n<p>But based on a composite of the top times recorded this year, the margin between the two countries is razor-thin, even with the huge freestyle deficit. Check out these numbers.<\/p>\n<h3>USA<\/h3>\n<p>Olivia Smoliga: 59.02<br \/>\nLilly King: 1:05.20<br \/>\nKelsi Worrell: 56.48<br \/>\nAbbey Weitzeil: 53.28<br \/>\nTotal: 3:53.98<\/p>\n<h3>Australia<\/h3>\n<p>Emily Seebohm: 58.73<br \/>\nGeorgia Bohl: 1:06.12<br \/>\nAlicia Coutts: 56.89<br \/>\nCate Campbell: 52.06<br \/>\nTotal: 3:53.80<\/p>\n<p>Both of these swims would easily eclipse the 3:54.41 that China swam to win the world title last year, especially when relay starts (~0.3-0.6 each) are accounted for. Obviously some of these athletes will drop time, and others will not be at their best in Rio, but this relay should be a close finish\u2014even if it\u2019s not tight all the way through.<\/p>\n<p>How about on the men\u2019s side? This one will be incomplete until this evening\u2019s Olympic Trials final of the men\u2019s 100 fly, where\u00a0<strong>Michael Phelps<\/strong> certainly has 50-point potential, although it might not happen in Omaha.<\/p>\n<p>The Americans should be favored slightly to win gold ahead of\u2014you guessed it\u2014Australia in this one. The composite time gives the current U.S. foursome an advantage of about three-quarters of a second.<\/p>\n<h3>USA<\/h3>\n<p>David Plummer: 52.12<br \/>\nKevin Cordes: 58.94<br \/>\nSeth Stubblefield: 51.26<br \/>\nNathan Adrian: 47.72<br \/>\nTotal: 3:30.04<\/p>\n<h3>Australia<\/h3>\n<p>Mitch Larkin: 52.48<br \/>\nJake Packard: 59.64<br \/>\nDavid Morgan: 51.64<br \/>\nCameron McEvoy: 47.04<br \/>\nTotal: 3:30.80<\/p>\n<p>Once again, Australia has a substantial margin on the freestyle leg, this time courtesy of <strong>Cameron McEvoy\u2019s<\/strong> near-world record performance in April. But <strong>Nathan Adrian<\/strong> is a veteran relay presence who should be more equipped to handle the charging Aussies than Weitzeil or Manuel might be.<\/p>\n<p>Cordes has provided the Americans with an advantage on the breaststroke leg, but the backstroke should be ultra-competitive with the reigning 100 back World Champion in <strong>Mitch Larkin\u00a0<\/strong>going against one of the two high-flying Americans, <strong>David Plummer<\/strong> or <strong>Ryan Murphy<\/strong> in a rematch from the individual final.<\/p>\n<p>It looks like swimming\u2019s two traditional powerhouses will be battling it out for gold medals in the last events of the meet. Should it be any different?<\/p>\n<p>And with the Americans favored in both 800 free relays and the Aussies currently sitting way ahead of anyone else in the women\u2019s 400 free relay, that leaves only the men\u2019s 400 free relay as up for grabs. 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