{"id":383609,"date":"2019-07-25T20:18:28","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T03:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=383609"},"modified":"2019-07-25T20:18:28","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T03:18:28","slug":"italy-leads-russia-usa-and-australia-in-competitive-4x200-free-relay-prelims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/italy-leads-russia-usa-and-australia-in-competitive-4x200-free-relay-prelims\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy Leads Russia, USA and Australia in Competitive 4&#215;200 Free Relay Prelims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>World Swimming Championships\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">4&#215;200 Free Relay<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Gwangju 2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Day Six Heats<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Men&#8217;s 4&#215;200 Free Relay<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A relatively-unknown Italian foursome put up the fastest mark in the 4&#215;200 free relay qualifying heats, as\u00a0<strong>Filippo Megli<\/strong> (1:46.97),\u00a0<strong>Matteo Ciampi\u00a0<\/strong>(1:46.42),\u00a0<strong>Stefano Ballo<\/strong> (1:45.66) and <strong>Stefano di Cola\u00a0<\/strong>(1:46.10) combined to swim a time of 7:04.97, a time that beat the 7:05.32 that Great Britain swam to win last year&#8217;s European title. The Italians swam in heat two and put up a time just ahead of Russia&#8217;s No. 2 mark of 7:05.28.<\/p>\n<p>Russia, which got a strong 1:45.41 anchor split from\u00a0<strong>Mikhail Vekovishchev<\/strong>, will add 200 free co-bronze medalist <strong>Martin Malyutin<\/strong> to its finals squad as the Russians aim to improve on a silver medal from the 2017 World Championships. Meanwhile, the United States will look to return to the top of the World Championships podium for the first time since 2013 after qualifying third in 7:06.86.\u00a0<strong>Andrew Seliskar\u00a0<\/strong>(1:45.71 lead-off) and\u00a0<strong>Zach Apple\u00a0<\/strong>(1:45.59 anchor) are likely to join\u00a0<strong>Townley Haas\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Blake Pieroni\u00a0<\/strong>on the final relay,\u00a0although\u00a0<strong>Caeleb Dressel\u00a0<\/strong>remains a possibility for the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Australia, led by strong efforts from\u00a0<strong>Alexander\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Graham\u00a0<\/strong>(1:46.41) and\u00a0<strong>Mack Horton<\/strong> (1:46.56), qualified third in 7:06.97, with\u00a0<strong>Clyde Lewis\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Kyle Chalmers\u00a0<\/strong>set to join the finals squad. 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