{"id":534151,"date":"2023-07-28T18:31:29","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T01:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=534151"},"modified":"2023-07-28T18:31:29","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T01:31:29","slug":"world-championships-australian-american-b-teams-to-race-in-final-heat-of-mixed-400-free-relay-full-lineups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-australian-american-b-teams-to-race-in-final-heat-of-mixed-400-free-relay-full-lineups\/","title":{"rendered":"World Championships: Australian, American ‘B’ Teams to Race in Final Heat of Mixed 400 Free Relay (Full Lineups)"},"content":{"rendered":"

World Championships: Australian, American ‘B’ Teams to Race in Final Heat of Mixed 400 Free Relay (Full Lineups)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Day seven of the World Championships will include qualifying in the women’s 50 freestyle and 50 breaststroke plus the men’s 50 backstroke and 1500 freestyle as well as the second mixed relay of the meet, the mixed 400 freestyle relay. This event, which is not contested at the Olympic Games, features two men and two women per country, almost always in that order.<\/p>\n

Check out the full lineups for prelims<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Australians are the top seed and favorites for gold, with a team of\u00a0Kyle Chalmers<\/strong>,\u00a0Flynn Southam<\/strong>,\u00a0Mollie O’Callaghan<\/strong> and\u00a0Shayna Jack<\/strong> expected to swim in the final, with a pair of individual world champions in Chalmers and O’Callaghan and Jack, who did not swim the individual event, having already won three relay medals this year while posting a leadoff 100 free time (52.08) that is tied for first in the world with O’Callaghan. In the morning, however, Australia goes with a largely different squad: Southam is joined by\u00a0Jack Cartwright<\/strong>,\u00a0Madison Wilson<\/strong> and\u00a0Meg Harris<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Swimming next to the U.S. in prelims, the Americans go with\u00a0Matt King<\/strong>,\u00a0Chris Guiliano<\/strong>,\u00a0Olivia Smoliga<\/strong> and\u00a0Bella Sims<\/strong> in prelims. Expect to see 100 free silver medalist Jack Alexy<\/strong> as one of the male swimmers in the final along with females\u00a0Kate Douglass<\/strong> and\u00a0Abbey Weitzeil<\/strong>. Italy should also get off to a strong start in that heat with\u00a0Manuel Frigo<\/strong> and Alessandro Miressi<\/strong> while\u00a0Gui Caribe<\/strong> leads of for Brazil.<\/p>\n

In the previous heat, Canada has a team of\u00a0Ruslan Gaziev<\/strong>,\u00a0Javier Acevedo<\/strong>,\u00a0Mary-Sophie Harvey<\/strong> and\u00a0Taylor Ruck<\/strong>, with\u00a0Josh Liendo<\/strong> and\u00a0Maggie Mac Neil<\/strong> among the possibilities for the final. Great Britain goes with\u00a0Jacob Whittle<\/strong>,\u00a0Tom Dean<\/strong>,\u00a0Lucy Hope<\/strong> and\u00a0Freya Anderson<\/strong>, with\u00a0Matt Richards<\/strong>,\u00a0Anna Hopkin <\/strong>and\u00a0Lewis Burras<\/strong> available for the final.<\/p>\n

Sweden will have Cal teammates\u00a0Robin Hanson<\/strong> and Bjorn Seeliger<\/strong> leading off ahead of\u00a0Louise Hansson<\/strong>, and while the Netherlands will rest 100 free bronze medalist\u00a0Marrit Steenbergen<\/strong>, 200 breast finalist\u00a0Caspar Corbeau<\/strong> will race.<\/p>\n