{"id":519227,"date":"2022-12-18T04:02:45","date_gmt":"2022-12-18T11:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=519227"},"modified":"2022-12-18T10:08:08","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T17:08:08","slug":"flash-world-championships-day-6-womens-finals-us-girls-smash-world-record-in-a-classic-4x100m-medley-duel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/flash-world-championships-day-6-womens-finals-us-girls-smash-world-record-in-a-classic-4x100m-medley-duel\/","title":{"rendered":"FLASH! 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56.47, before the unflappable <strong>Lilly King,<\/strong> who had won bronze in the 50m breaststroke earlier, clocked the fastest breaststroke leg of 1:02.88 to give the US a winning edge.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/results\/2022-world-short-course-championships-full-results\/international-elite\/2022\/December\/18?rtn=%2Fresults%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Complete Results<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was then over to<strong> Torri Huske,<\/strong> silver earlier in the 100m butterfly for her fly split of 54.53 with the iron woman of the team <strong>Kate Douglass<\/strong> anchoring the team home with the equal fastest freestyle split of 50.47 (with The Netherlands <strong>Marrit Steenbergen<\/strong>) at the World Championships.<\/p>\n<p>It was King&#8217;s second SC world&#8217;s 4x100m medley relay triumph of her career, after she spearheaded the US girls to gold in 2016 in Windsor &#8211; with tonight&#8217;s win their fourth Championship title after their first win in Shanghai in 2008, then 2016 and 2018 in Hangzhou.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Her split of 1:02.88 is the equal second fastest relay split in history with fellow American Katie Meili in 2015 &#8211; King owns the fastest split of 1:02.40 swum in the 2020 ISL Final).<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Australians, as hard as they tried, couldn&#8217;t quite match the American skills, taking the silver in 3:44.92, a new Oceania record with Canada third in 3:46.22 at the World Championships.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kaylee McKeown<\/strong>, who won the 200m backstroke earlier in the night, led off for the Dolphins in 55.74, with <strong>Jenna Strauch<\/strong> splitting 1:04.49 in the breaststroke, before <strong>Emma McKeon<\/strong> produced the fastest ever butterfly split of 53.93 to put the Aussies back in the race with <strong>Meg Harris<\/strong> bringing the team home in her lightning anchor swim of 50.76.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>(McKeon&#8217;s split of 53.93 makes her the 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