{"id":532816,"date":"2023-07-22T21:55:11","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T04:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=532816"},"modified":"2023-07-23T02:43:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T09:43:52","slug":"worlds-prelims-favorite-great-britain-disqualified-in-400-free-relay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/worlds-prelims-favorite-great-britain-disqualified-in-400-free-relay\/","title":{"rendered":"World Championships, Day One Prelims: Favorite Great Britain Disqualified in 400 Free Relay"},"content":{"rendered":"

Worlds Prelims: Favorite Great Britain Disqualified in 400 Free Relay<\/strong><\/p>\n

Great Britain touched the wall first Sunday afternoon in prelims of the men\u2019s 400 freestyle relay at the World Aquatics Championships. But the scoreboard had a dour surprise for them.<\/p>\n

The pre-meet favorites were disqualified for a false start by the third swimmer, Jacob Whittle,<\/strong> with a reaction time of minus-.04 seconds at the Marine Messe Hall in Fukuoka, Japan. They had touched in 3:10.47, clearly getting the win in the first of two circle-seeded heats and well up on the winner of the final heat, the Americans. The U.S. went 3:11.63, which would\u2019ve only cemented the British status as favorites.<\/p>\n