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Heat one of the men’s 800 free relay featured a tight race between Australia and Great Britain’s men’s 800 free relay teams. The two continued to push each other forward throughout the entire race, rightfully earning themselves the top two seeds going into finals.<\/p>\n

A strong anchor leg from\u00a0Jack Cartwright<\/strong> was just what Australia needed to edge past Great Britain and claim the top seed. Teammates\u00a0Clyde Lewis<\/strong> (1:46.79),\u00a0David McKeon<\/strong> (1:46.72),\u00a0Alexander Graham<\/strong> (1:46.52), and Cartwright (1:45.65) turned in a combined time of 7:05.68 to solidify their top seed.<\/p>\n

Great Britain’s team of\u00a0Stephen Milne<\/strong> (1:46.78),\u00a0Nicholas Grainger<\/strong> (1:46.19),\u00a0Calum Jarvis<\/strong> (1:46.32), and\u00a0Duncan Scott<\/strong> (1:46.50) put up a valiant fight in the lane next to Australia, finishing second overall in prelims with a 7:05.79.<\/p>\n

Russia’s relay team of\u00a0Mikhail Vekovishchev<\/strong> (1:46.78),\u00a0Danila Izotov<\/strong> (1:45.91),\u00a0Nikita Lobintsev<\/strong> (1:48.51), and\u00a0Mikhail Dovgalyuk<\/strong> (1:46.01) led throughout the entire second heat, qualifying third overall with a 7:07.21.<\/p>\n

The Netherlands’\u00a0Kyle Stolk<\/strong> (1:47.45),\u00a0Ferry Weertman<\/strong> (1:47.42),\u00a0Stan Pijnenburg<\/strong> (1:47.56), and\u00a0Maarten Brzoskowski<\/strong> (1:46.79) grabbed the fourth place seed with a time of 7:09.22.<\/p>\n

Italy\u00a0turned in a 7:09.53 for the fifth place seed, followed closely by Japan and their qualifying time of 7:09.66.<\/p>\n

The USA fought their way through heat two, picking up the seventh place seed with a combined time of 7:09.78, while Poland rounded out the top eight qualifiers with a 7:10.53.<\/p>\n

Swimming World Radio<\/h3>\n

Hear from Litherland on the team’s morning effort, what he expects from the U.S. men in finals and how it felt to get in a swim before he competes in the 400 IM Sunday:<\/p>\n\n

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