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The team of\u00a0<strong>Olivia Smoliga<\/strong> (59.52),\u00a0<strong>Katie Meili<\/strong> (1:05.17),\u00a0<strong>Sarah Gibson<\/strong>\u00a0(58.36) and\u00a0<strong>Mallory Comerford\u00a0<\/strong>(52.90) combined to swim a 3:55.95.<\/p>\n<p>China qualified second in 3:57.12, using\u00a0<strong>Fu Yuanhui<\/strong> (1:00.04),\u00a0<strong>Shi Jinglin<\/strong> (1:06.55),\u00a0<strong>Zhang Yufei<\/strong> (57.50) and\u00a0<strong>Zhu Menghui<\/strong> (53.03). Canada&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Kylie Masse\u00a0<\/strong>(58.86),\u00a0<strong>Kierra Smith<\/strong> (1:07.20),\u00a0<strong>Rebecca Smith<\/strong> (57.75) and\u00a0<strong>Sandrine Mainville\u00a0<\/strong>(53.36) qualified third in 3:57.17.<\/p>\n<p>The Americans should replace their entire team in the finals, with\u00a0<strong>Kathleen Baker<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Lilly King<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Kelsi Worrell\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Simone Manuel<\/strong> poised to come on. Canada will insert\u00a0<strong>Penny Oleksiak<\/strong> to swim fly and\u00a0<strong>Chantal Van Landeghem<\/strong> to anchor.<\/p>\n<p>Russia, swimming without\u00a0<strong>Yulia Efimova<\/strong>, qualified fourth in 3:57.53, and Australia, sans\u00a0<strong>Emily Seebohm<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Emma McKeon<\/strong> or\u00a0<strong>Bronte Campbell<\/strong>, was fifth in 3:58.74.<\/p>\n<p>Italy (4:00.03), Sweden (4:01.44) and Great Britain (4:01.78) also made finals. 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