{"id":325409,"date":"2018-08-12T05:17:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-12T12:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=325409"},"modified":"2019-06-07T11:52:18","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T18:52:18","slug":"nathan-adrian-out-touches-japan-to-clinch-4x100-medley-relay-gold-for-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/nathan-adrian-out-touches-japan-to-clinch-4x100-medley-relay-gold-for-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Nathan Adrian Out-Touches Japan To Clinch 4×100 Medley Relay Gold For United States"},"content":{"rendered":"

The United States finished their 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Tokyo on a high note as\u00a0Nathan Adrian\u00a0<\/strong>chased down Japan’s\u00a0Katsumi Nakamura\u00a0<\/strong>on the anchor leg of the 4×100 medley relay. Adrian came home to give the United States the gold with a 3:30.20, out-touching Japan who got silver at 3:30.25. Australia was not far behind for bronze at 3:30.52.<\/p>\n

Ryan Murphy\u00a0<\/strong>(52.70),\u00a0Andrew Wilson\u00a0<\/strong>(59.15),\u00a0Caeleb Dressel<\/strong>\u00a0(50.64)\u00a0and Adrian (47.71) closed their Pan Pacs campaign with the second gold medal for the American men in relays. They would have won all three if it were not for a disqualification in the\u00a04×100 free relay<\/a>\u00a0last night.<\/p>\n

Ryosuke Irie\u00a0<\/strong>(52.61),\u00a0Yasuhiro Koseki\u00a0<\/strong>(58.62),\u00a0Yuki Kobori<\/strong>\u00a0(51.19) and Nakamura\u00a0(47.83) finished in second, not far off their Japanese record of 3:30.19 from last year’s World Championships. Koseki had an impressive split just minutes after the 200 breast final. Irie also chased down Murphy on his leg, after both swimmers swam the 200 back earlier in the night.<\/p>\n

Both the United States and Japan finished ahead of Great Britain’s winning time<\/a> from the European Championships.<\/p>\n

Australia won the bronze medal with\u00a0Mitch Larkin\u00a0<\/strong>(53.18),\u00a0Jake Packard\u00a0<\/strong>(59.03),\u00a0Grant Irvine<\/strong>\u00a0(51.40)\u00a0and\u00a0Kyle Chalmers<\/strong>\u00a0(46.91)\u00a0swimming for them.<\/p>\n

Brazil (3:32.16), Canada (3:34.20) and the Philippines (3:58.76) also swam in the final.<\/p>\n

2018 World Rankings:<\/h3>\n
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  1. United States, 3:30.20<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. Japan, 3:30.25<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. Great Britain, 3:30.44<\/li>\n
  4. Australia, 3:30.52<\/em><\/li>\n
  5. Russia, 3:32.03<\/li>\n
  6. Brazil, 3:32.16<\/em><\/li>\n
  7. Germany, 3:33.52<\/li>\n
  8. Lithuania, 3:33.70<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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