{"id":484012,"date":"2021-07-30T05:41:05","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T12:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=484012"},"modified":"2021-07-30T05:41:05","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T12:41:05","slug":"olympics-italy-set-pace-in-mens-medley-relay-u-s-sneaks-in-as-seventh-seed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-italy-set-pace-in-mens-medley-relay-u-s-sneaks-in-as-seventh-seed\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympics: Italy Set Pace in Men\u2019s Medley Relay; U.S. Sneaks in as Seventh Seed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Olympics: Italy Set Pace in Men\u2019s Medley Relay; U.S. Sneaks in as Seventh Seed<\/strong><\/p>\n

The prelims are always a balance from the relay perspective. Yes, for medal contenders, you want to spread the wealth and reward the guys that got you there. For the top swimmers who are taking part in individual events, there\u2019s a certain protection you want to offer against overwork. And if you keep a little something in reserve, that maybe gets in a rival\u2019s mind after prelims.<\/p>\n

\"Jul

Andrew Wilson of the United States; Photo Courtesy: Grace Hollars-USA TODAY Sports<\/p><\/div>\n

But the fine line is all about getting there. If you best relay swimmers are waiting in the stands, they might never get a chance to show their stuff in finals if the prelims squad doesn\u2019t get the job done. Ask the Great Britain men\u2019s 400 freestyle relay. And, were it not for a DQ and a miniscule margin, you could\u2019ve asked the United States men.<\/p>\n

Its streak of 14 wins from 14 non-boycotted Olympic Games<\/a> nearly came to an end in prelims Friday night in Tokyo, the U.S. sneaking into the final with merely the seventh-fastest time. The B team of Hunter Armstrong, Andrew Wilson, Tom<\/strong> Shields<\/strong> and Blake Pieroni<\/strong> clocked in at 3:32.29, fourth in their heat. They were to be tied for seventh with Brazil before its relay in the final heat was disqualified. Instead, the U.S. draws an outside lane for Sunday morning\u2019s final. It\u2019s likely none of the four from prelims will be in that squad.<\/p>\n

The Americans\u2019 margin of error to elimination was just .33 seconds back to ninth-place Poland. Canada was the lucky beneficiary of the Brazil DQ, getting in in eighth in 3:32.37. It\u2019s the second Canadian men\u2019s relay to final at these games.<\/p>\n

The pace was set by Italy, which cruised to victory in 3:30.02. The Italians deployed more or less their full A squad, with Thomas Ceccon, Nicolo Martinenghi, Federico Burdisso<\/strong> and Alessandro Miressi<\/strong>. Great Britain followed comfortably in 3:31.47 with an Adam Peaty<\/strong>-less foursome. Russia is the third seed in 3:31.66, though neither Evgeny<\/strong> Rylov<\/strong> nor Kliment Kolesnikov<\/strong> participated, making them a front-runner. China, Japan and Australia round out the eight finalists.<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s 400 medley relay<\/h4>\n
    \n
  • World record: United States (Aaron Peirsol, Eric Shanteau, Michael Phelps, David Walters), 3:27.28 (2009)<\/li>\n
  • Olympic record: United States (Ryan Murphy, Cody Miller, Michael Phelps, Nathan Adrian), 3:27.95 (2016)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
      \n
    1. Italy (Thomas Ceccon, Nicolo Martinenghi, Federico Burdisso, Alessandro Miressi), 3:30.02<\/li>\n
    2. Great Britain (Luke Greenbank, James Wilby, James Guy, Duncan Scott) 3:31.47<\/li>\n
    3. Russia (Grigory Tarasevich, Anton Chupkov, Mikhail Vekovischev, Vladislav Grinev) 3:31.66<\/li>\n
    4. China (Xu Jiayu, Yan Zibe, Sun Jiajun, He Junyi), 3:31.72<\/li>\n
    5. Japan (Ryosuke Irie, Ryuya Mura, Naoki Mizunuma, Katsumi Nakamura) 3:32.02<\/li>\n
    6. Australia (Mitch Larkin, Zac Stubblety-Cook, David Morgan, Kyle Chalmers), 3:32.08<\/li>\n
    7. United States (Hunter Armstrong, Andrew Wilson, Tom Shields, Blake Pieroni), 3:32.29<\/li>\n
    8. Canada (Markus Thormeyer, Gabe Mastromatteo, Josh Liendo, Yuri Kisil), 3:32.37<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Olympics: Italy Set Pace in Men\u2019s Medley Relay; U.S. Sneaks in as Seventh Seed The prelims are always a balance from the relay perspective. Yes, for medal contenders, you want<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8367,"featured_media":484024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,122074,7],"tags":[34385,61651,54168,25466,31607,66666,71204,54241,71375,25424],"class_list":["post-484012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-europe","category-usa","tag-2020-tokyo-olympic-games","tag-2020-tokyo-olympics","tag-alessandro-miressi","tag-andrew-wilson","tag-blake-pieroni","tag-federico-burdisso","tag-hunter-armstrong","tag-nicolo-martinenghi","tag-thomas-ceccon","tag-tom-shields"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\nOlympics: Italy Set Pace in Men\u2019s Medley Relay; U.S. Sneaks in Seventh<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Olympics: Italy Set Pace in Men\u2019s Medley Relay; U.S. Sneaks in as Seventh Seed The prelims are always a balance from the relay perspective\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-italy-set-pace-in-mens-medley-relay-u-s-sneaks-in-as-seventh-seed\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Olympics: Italy Set Pace in Men\u2019s Medley Relay; U.S. Sneaks in as Seventh Seed\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Olympics: Italy Set Pace in Men\u2019s Medley Relay; U.S. Sneaks in as Seventh Seed The prelims are always a balance from the relay perspective\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-italy-set-pace-in-mens-medley-relay-u-s-sneaks-in-as-seventh-seed\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Swimming World\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-30T12:41:05+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/USATSI_16453745_168395548_lowres.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1816\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1234\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Matthew De George - Senior Writer\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sportsdoctormd\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Matthew De George - Senior Writer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-italy-set-pace-in-mens-medley-relay-u-s-sneaks-in-as-seventh-seed\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-italy-set-pace-in-mens-medley-relay-u-s-sneaks-in-as-seventh-seed\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Matthew De George - Senior Writer\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/aff20a2913cc03a514d0343a4c8788f3\"},\"headline\":\"Olympics: Italy Set Pace in Men\u2019s Medley Relay; U.S. Sneaks in as Seventh Seed\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-30T12:41:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-07-30T12:41:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-italy-set-pace-in-mens-medley-relay-u-s-sneaks-in-as-seventh-seed\/\"},\"wordCount\":495,\"commentCount\":5,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-italy-set-pace-in-mens-medley-relay-u-s-sneaks-in-as-seventh-seed\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/USATSI_16453745_168395548_lowres.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2020 Tokyo Olympic Games\",\"2020 Tokyo Olympics\",\"Alessandro Miressi\",\"Andrew Wilson\",\"Blake Pieroni\",\"Federico Burdisso\",\"Hunter Armstrong\",\"Nicolo Martinenghi\",\"Thomas Ceccon\",\"Tom Shields\"],\"articleSection\":[\"-Home Slider\",\"Europe\",\"USA\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-italy-set-pace-in-mens-medley-relay-u-s-sneaks-in-as-seventh-seed\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-italy-set-pace-in-mens-medley-relay-u-s-sneaks-in-as-seventh-seed\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-italy-set-pace-in-mens-medley-relay-u-s-sneaks-in-as-seventh-seed\/\",\"name\":\"Olympics: Italy Set Pace in Men\u2019s Medley Relay; U.S. Sneaks in Seventh\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-italy-set-pace-in-mens-medley-relay-u-s-sneaks-in-as-seventh-seed\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-italy-set-pace-in-mens-medley-relay-u-s-sneaks-in-as-seventh-seed\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/USATSI_16453745_168395548_lowres.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-30T12:41:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-07-30T12:41:05+00:00\",\"description\":\"Olympics: Italy Set Pace in Men\u2019s Medley Relay; U.S. Sneaks in as Seventh Seed The prelims are always a balance from the relay perspective\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-italy-set-pace-in-mens-medley-relay-u-s-sneaks-in-as-seventh-seed\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-italy-set-pace-in-mens-medley-relay-u-s-sneaks-in-as-seventh-seed\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-italy-set-pace-in-mens-medley-relay-u-s-sneaks-in-as-seventh-seed\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/USATSI_16453745_168395548_lowres.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/USATSI_16453745_168395548_lowres.jpg\",\"width\":1816,\"height\":1234,\"caption\":\"Italy's Thomas Ceccone; Photo Courtesy: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-italy-set-pace-in-mens-medley-relay-u-s-sneaks-in-as-seventh-seed\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Olympics: Italy Set Pace in Men\u2019s Medley Relay; U.S. Sneaks in as Seventh Seed\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"description\":\"The Global Leader in Aquatic News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"width\":1799,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Swimming World\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/aff20a2913cc03a514d0343a4c8788f3\",\"name\":\"Matthew De George - Senior Writer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cfca9cef277cfa1a9f4150330ba69a2?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cfca9cef277cfa1a9f4150330ba69a2?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Matthew De George - Senior Writer\"},\"description\":\"Matthew De George is the Americas Correspondent for Swimming World Magazine. He's the author of two books on swimming, Duels in the Pool and Pooling Talent. He's also the assistant sports editor for the Delaware County Daily Times in Pennsylvania, where he covers high school and college sports as well as the Philadelphia Union. His work has also appeared in The Guardian and The Athletic.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworld.com\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/sportsdoctormd\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/mattdg\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Olympics: Italy Set Pace in Men\u2019s Medley Relay; U.S. Sneaks in Seventh","description":"Olympics: Italy Set Pace in Men\u2019s Medley Relay; U.S. Sneaks in as Seventh Seed The prelims are always a balance from the relay perspective","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-italy-set-pace-in-mens-medley-relay-u-s-sneaks-in-as-seventh-seed\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Olympics: Italy Set Pace in Men\u2019s Medley Relay; U.S. Sneaks in as Seventh Seed","og_description":"Olympics: Italy Set Pace in Men\u2019s Medley Relay; U.S. Sneaks in as Seventh Seed The prelims are always a balance from the relay perspective","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-italy-set-pace-in-mens-medley-relay-u-s-sneaks-in-as-seventh-seed\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2021-07-30T12:41:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1816,"height":1234,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/USATSI_16453745_168395548_lowres.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Matthew De George - Senior Writer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@sportsdoctormd","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Matthew De George - Senior Writer","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-italy-set-pace-in-mens-medley-relay-u-s-sneaks-in-as-seventh-seed\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-italy-set-pace-in-mens-medley-relay-u-s-sneaks-in-as-seventh-seed\/"},"author":{"name":"Matthew De George - Senior Writer","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/aff20a2913cc03a514d0343a4c8788f3"},"headline":"Olympics: Italy Set Pace in Men\u2019s Medley Relay; U.S. Sneaks in as Seventh Seed","datePublished":"2021-07-30T12:41:05+00:00","dateModified":"2021-07-30T12:41:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-italy-set-pace-in-mens-medley-relay-u-s-sneaks-in-as-seventh-seed\/"},"wordCount":495,"commentCount":5,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-italy-set-pace-in-mens-medley-relay-u-s-sneaks-in-as-seventh-seed\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/USATSI_16453745_168395548_lowres.jpg","keywords":["2020 Tokyo Olympic Games","2020 Tokyo Olympics","Alessandro Miressi","Andrew Wilson","Blake Pieroni","Federico Burdisso","Hunter Armstrong","Nicolo Martinenghi","Thomas Ceccon","Tom Shields"],"articleSection":["-Home Slider","Europe","USA"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-italy-set-pace-in-mens-medley-relay-u-s-sneaks-in-as-seventh-seed\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-italy-set-pace-in-mens-medley-relay-u-s-sneaks-in-as-seventh-seed\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-italy-set-pace-in-mens-medley-relay-u-s-sneaks-in-as-seventh-seed\/","name":"Olympics: Italy Set Pace in Men\u2019s Medley Relay; U.S. Sneaks in Seventh","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-italy-set-pace-in-mens-medley-relay-u-s-sneaks-in-as-seventh-seed\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-italy-set-pace-in-mens-medley-relay-u-s-sneaks-in-as-seventh-seed\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/USATSI_16453745_168395548_lowres.jpg","datePublished":"2021-07-30T12:41:05+00:00","dateModified":"2021-07-30T12:41:05+00:00","description":"Olympics: Italy Set Pace in Men\u2019s Medley Relay; U.S. Sneaks in as Seventh Seed The prelims are always a balance from the relay perspective","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-italy-set-pace-in-mens-medley-relay-u-s-sneaks-in-as-seventh-seed\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-italy-set-pace-in-mens-medley-relay-u-s-sneaks-in-as-seventh-seed\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-italy-set-pace-in-mens-medley-relay-u-s-sneaks-in-as-seventh-seed\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/USATSI_16453745_168395548_lowres.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/USATSI_16453745_168395548_lowres.jpg","width":1816,"height":1234,"caption":"Italy's Thomas Ceccone; Photo Courtesy: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-italy-set-pace-in-mens-medley-relay-u-s-sneaks-in-as-seventh-seed\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Olympics: Italy Set Pace in Men\u2019s Medley Relay; U.S. Sneaks in as Seventh Seed"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","name":"Swimming World","description":"The Global Leader in Aquatic News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Swimming World","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","width":1799,"height":900,"caption":"Swimming World"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld","https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/aff20a2913cc03a514d0343a4c8788f3","name":"Matthew De George - Senior Writer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cfca9cef277cfa1a9f4150330ba69a2?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cfca9cef277cfa1a9f4150330ba69a2?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"Matthew De George - Senior Writer"},"description":"Matthew De George is the Americas Correspondent for Swimming World Magazine. He's the author of two books on swimming, Duels in the Pool and Pooling Talent. He's also the assistant sports editor for the Delaware County Daily Times in Pennsylvania, where he covers high school and college sports as well as the Philadelphia Union. His work has also appeared in The Guardian and The Athletic.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.swimmingworld.com","https:\/\/x.com\/sportsdoctormd"],"url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/mattdg\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"Italy's Thomas Ceccone; Photo Courtesy: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/USATSI_16453745_168395548_lowres.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-21UE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}