{"id":532811,"date":"2023-07-22T22:07:57","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T05:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=532811"},"modified":"2023-07-22T22:09:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T05:09:39","slug":"world-championships-day-1-prelims-after-british-dq-u-s-australia-set-to-battle-in-mens-400-free-relay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-day-1-prelims-after-british-dq-u-s-australia-set-to-battle-in-mens-400-free-relay\/","title":{"rendered":"World Championships, Day 1 Prelims: After British DQ, U.S., Australia Set to Battle in Men\u2019s 400 Free Relay"},"content":{"rendered":"

World Championships, Day 1 Prelims: After British DQ, U.S., Australia Set to Battle in Men\u2019s 400 Free Relay<\/strong><\/p>\n

One hundredth of a second separated the United States and Australia Sunday in the preliminaries of the men\u2019s 400 freestyle relay at the World Aquatic Championships. With pre-meet favorite Great Britain disqualified, that puts the two traditional powers on a collision course.<\/p>\n

The U.S. got to the wall first, in a head-to-head battle in the final heat at the Marine Messe Hall in Fukuoka, Japan. The Americans timed in at 3:11.63. Despite a charge by Flynn Southam,<\/strong> the Aussies settled for second. Those two times were nine-tenths clear of third-seeded Italy.<\/p>\n