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Olympics: Great Britain Scares World Record in 400 Mixed Medley Relay<\/strong><\/p>\n

Everyone on the Olympic stage is learning on the fly when it comes to the mixed medley relay. The event isn\u2019t just making its Olympic debut<\/a>, after being tested at Worlds since 2015. It\u2019s also, unlike the distance debutant events, got a fair amount of strategy to it.<\/p>\n

When do you use your men\u2019s swimmers vs. your women\u2019s? How do you maximize speed? Who needs clean water, and who can handle the pressure of chasing? How much is it about your strengths as opposed to racing in the mainstream logic of the day?<\/p>\n

Thursday night\u2019s prelims offered some hints. It also offered another fast Great Britain relay time.<\/p>\n

The British team of Kathleen Dawson, Adam Peaty, James Guy<\/strong> and Freya Anderson<\/strong> went for it, putting close to a full-strength lineup out there to nab the top seed in 3:38.75. That\u2019s the third fastest time in history and within .34 of the world record set by China last September.<\/p>\n

Second by a wide margin was the United States. It lined up the foursome of Regan Smith, Andrew Wilson, Tom Shields<\/strong> (fresh off the 100 fly) and Abbey Weitzeil<\/strong> to go 3:41.02. The Chinese foursome that set that world record<\/a> \u2013 Xu Jiayu, Yan Zibei, Zhang Yufei, Yang Junxuan<\/strong> \u2013 went 3:42.29.<\/p>\n

The eighth and final entrant to the final is Israel, which edged Japan and Germany by .2 seconds out of lane eight in the second semifinal.<\/p>\n

The teams offered some hints on their lineup machinations. All 16 of the anchor legs were swum by women, and 15 of the 16 breaststroke legs were manned by men. Ten men led off in backstroke (Great Britain went with women first and fourth). Those numbers might be affected somewhat by the prelims of the women\u2019s 200 back and men\u2019s 100 fly occurring earlier Thursday night. The final will be Saturday morning on the heels of the men\u2019s and women\u2019s 50 free semis and the men\u2019s 100 fly final.<\/p>\n

Mixed 400 Medley Relay<\/h4>\n
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  • World record: China (Xu Jiayu, Yan Zibei, Zhang Yufei, Yang Junxuan), 3:38.41 (2020)<\/li>\n
  • Olympic Record: N\/A<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    1. Great Britain (Katheen Dawson, Adam Peaty, James Guy, Freya Anderson) 3:38.75<\/li>\n
    2. United States (Regan Smith, Andrew Wilson, Tom Shields, Abbey Weitzeil) 3:41.02<\/li>\n
    3. China (Xu Jiayu, Yan Zibei, Zhang Yufei, Yang Junxuan) 3:42.29<\/li>\n
    4. Australia (Isaac Cooper, Zac Stubblety-Cook, Brianna Throssell, Bronte Campbell) 3:42.35<\/li>\n
    5. Italy (Simone Sabbioni, Nicolo Martinenghi, Elena di Liddo, Federica Pellegrini) 3:42.65<\/li>\n
    6. Netherlands (Kira Toussaint, Arno Kamminga, Nyls Korstanje, Ranomi Kromowidjojo) 3:43.25<\/li>\n
    7. Russia (Grigory Tarasevich, Kirill Prigoda, Anna Surkova, Mariia Kameneva) 3:43.73<\/li>\n
    8. Israel (Anastasia Gorbenko, Itay Goldfaden, Gal Cohen, Andi Murez) 3:43.94<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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