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The U.S. had come up short of gold at three straight World Championships in the event as a long winning streak fueled by <strong>Michael Phelps <\/strong>and <strong>Ryan Lochte<\/strong>, but this was the first time not even finishing among the top-three.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kieran Smith<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Drew Kibler<\/strong> remembered that result. A pair of Olympic rookies in 2021, these two men swam the first two legs in the Olympic final and had the Americans in first place before a disappointing finish to the relay. They were ready to go in Budapest as Kibler&#8217;s Texas teammate\u00a0<strong>Carson Foster<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Trenton Julian<\/strong> joined the team in its search for a gold medal. The field was weakened compared to the Tokyo Olympics with Russia suspended from the World Championships and Great Britain missing star\u00a0<strong>Duncan Scott<\/strong>, but given this American performance, it might not have mattered.<\/p>\n<p>Kibler led off in 1:45.54, leaving the Americans in third place, just behind South Korea&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Hwang Sunwoo<\/strong> and Brazil&#8217;s <strong>Fernando Scheffer<\/strong>. After Foster&#8217;s 1:45.04 split, the Americans had a lead of almost a second. Julian extended the lead to almost two seconds, and Smith split 1:44.35 on the way home, the second-quickest mark in the entire race, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-u-s-ends-800-free-relay-drought-with-dominant-swim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to give the Americans a gold medal by 3.24 seconds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The final time was 7:00.24, which did not surpass Great Britain&#8217;s time from the 2021 Olympics (6:58.58), but the American team did crush the silver and bronze-medal winning times from Tokyo in securing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/flash-world-championships-day-4-mens-events-us-foursome-in-awesome-world-record-breaking-4x200m-freestyle-relay-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the world title<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of us have been talking about this really since the day we got that fourth-place finish,\u201d Kibler said on the NBC broadcast. \u201cThat was a tough feeling for Kieran and I, and I know these guys would\u2019ve felt the same. It\u2019s something we strive for in America. We expect nothing but the best, and it feels pretty good to be back on track. We\u2019re just getting started. We\u2019re on the world-record hunt, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These swimmers will have a chance to cement their status as No. 1 in 2023 when Scott return to team with\u00a0<strong>Tom Dean\u00a0<\/strong>and give Britain a full-strength relay once again, and that should be a heck of a showdown at the World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. The Americans have the benefit of superior depth as\u00a0<strong>Luke Hobson<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Jake Magahey<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Grant House<\/strong> are among the other swimmers who have posted 1:46-mid or faster times in 2022 with the aim of joining the A-team next year.<\/p>\n<p>But already, the Americans have made a statement in short course meters, as the same lineup reunited at the Short Course World Championships in Melbourne, Australia, although Smith led off and Kibler handled anchor duties. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/flash-world-championships-day-4-mens-events-us-foursome-in-awesome-world-record-breaking-4x200m-freestyle-relay-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The team annihilated the short course world record record with a time of 6:44.12<\/a>, beating silver-medalist Australia by 2.42 seconds. 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