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The French medal streak goes back all the way to the 2007 FINA World Championships, and teams from that country have won the World title in both 2013 and 2015.<\/p>\n<p>But that consistent streak will end this summer, as France loses both\u00a0<strong>Florent Manaudou\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Fabien Gilot\u00a0<\/strong>from its World Champion and 2016 Olympic silver medal-winning relays and will not even have an entry this summer in Budapest. The Australia, Olympic bronze medalists in Rio, lose 100 free gold medalist\u00a0<strong>Kyle Chalmers\u00a0<\/strong>to a heart issue.<\/p>\n<p>So it&#8217;s tough to see the\u00a0<strong>Nathan Adrian<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Caeleb Dressel<\/strong>-led Americans as anything but heavy favorites for Budapest. The competition was so quick at U.S. Nationals that\u00a0<strong>Ryan Held<\/strong>, who swam on the gold medal-winning 400 free relay in Rio, swam a 48.53 in the 100 free&#8230; and placed seventh.<\/p>\n<p>Read below to see what\u00a0<em>Swimming World&#8217;s\u00a0<\/em>trio of experts think will happen in\u00a0Budapest.\u00a0<strong>David Rieder<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>John Lohn<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Andy Ross<\/strong>\u00a0will each offer their predictions for\u00a0who will finish on the podium.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Men&#8217;s 400 Free Relay<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Current Records:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>World Record:<\/strong>\u00a0United States &#8212; Phelps, Weber-Gale, Jones, Lezak (2008) &#8212; 3:08.24<br \/>\n<strong>Championship Record:<\/strong>\u00a0United States &#8212; Phelps, Lochte, Grevers, Adrian (2009) &#8212; 3:09.21<br \/>\n<strong>American Record:<\/strong> Phelps, Weber-Gale, Jones, Lezak (2008) &#8212; 3:08.24<\/p>\n<p><strong>2015 World Champion:<\/strong>\u00a0France &#8212; 3:10.74<br \/>\n<strong>2016 Olympic Gold Medalist:<\/strong>\u00a0United States &#8212; 3:09.92<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Swimming World Predictions<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3>David Rieder&#8217;s Picks:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Gold:<\/strong>\u00a0United States<br \/>\n<strong>Silver<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong>\u00a0Brazil<br \/>\n<strong>Bronze:<\/strong>\u00a0Australia<\/p>\n<h3>John Lohn&#8217;s Picks:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Gold:<\/strong>\u00a0United States<br \/>\n<strong>Silver<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong>\u00a0Brazil<br \/>\n<strong>Bronze:<\/strong>\u00a0Russia<\/p>\n<h3>Andy Ross&#8217; Picks:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Gold:<\/strong> United States<br \/>\n<strong>Silver<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> Brazil<br \/>\n<strong>Bronze:\u00a0<\/strong>Australia<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Previous Events<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fina-world-championships-predictions-mens-400-free\/\" target=\"_blank\">Men&#8217;s 400 Free<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fina-world-championships-predictions-womens-400-free\/\" target=\"_blank\">Women&#8217;s 400 Free<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fina-world-championships-predictions-womens-400-free-relay\/\" target=\"_blank\">Women&#8217;s 400 Free Relay<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If there&#8217;s been any constant over the last decade of international 400 free relays, it&#8217;s been seeing France on the medal stand. 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