{"id":534384,"date":"2023-07-29T19:58:43","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T02:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=534384"},"modified":"2023-07-29T19:58:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T02:58:43","slug":"world-championships-day-8-canada-leads-way-in-womens-400-medley-relay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-day-8-canada-leads-way-in-womens-400-medley-relay\/","title":{"rendered":"World Championships, Day 8: Canada Leads Way in Women\u2019s 400 Medley Relay"},"content":{"rendered":"

World Championships, Day 8: Canada Leads Way in Women\u2019s 400 Medley Relay<\/strong><\/p>\n

It hasn\u2019t been the usual meet for Team Canada, at least not according to the new normal a golden generation has established.<\/p>\n

The Canadians enter the final day of the World Aquatics Championships with just four medals to their name, a bevy of their international stalwarts either injured, short on form or staying home for an extended run-up to the Paris Olympics next year. What remains, though, on the women\u2019s side was fast enough to claim the top time in prelims of the 400 medley relay Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

The team of Ingrid Wilm, Sophie Angus, Maggie MacNeil<\/strong> and Mary Sophie Harvey<\/strong> won the final heat of three in a time of 3:55.93, edging out the Americans for the top seed in Sunday night\u2019s final at Marine Messe Hall.<\/p>\n

Third are the Swedes, who by a fast second heat of three in 3:57.49, .25 seconds up on Australia. Netherlands is the fifth seed, thanks to a rally on the anchor by Marrit Steenbergen<\/strong> \u2013 in her 19th swim of the Championships<\/a>, to get them in fifth.<\/p>\n