{"id":578050,"date":"2024-02-14T02:34:45","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T09:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=578050"},"modified":"2024-02-14T06:22:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T13:22:03","slug":"world-championships-day-four-mixed-medley-relay-defending-champions-china-out-the-netherlands-dqd-leaving-it-up-to-the-big-three-usa-australia-and-great-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-day-four-mixed-medley-relay-defending-champions-china-out-the-netherlands-dqd-leaving-it-up-to-the-big-three-usa-australia-and-great-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"World Championships Day Four (Mixed Medley Relay): Defending Champion China Out, Netherlands DQd; Big Three to Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"

World Championships Day Four (Mixed Medley Relay): Defending Champion China Out, Netherlands DQd; Big Three to Battle<\/strong><\/p>\n

With defending world champions China failing to qualify for the final and the Netherlands disqualified – it leaves three previous winners, Olympic champions and world record holders Great Britain<\/strong> (2015), two-time winners and championship record holders USA<\/strong> (2017 and 2022) and Australia<\/strong> (2019) to fight it out for the 2024 Mixed Medley Relay honours on night four of the World Aquatic Championships in Doha.<\/p>\n

And it will come down to who has the best reserves who sat out today’s preliminary heats with Adam Peaty<\/strong> (GBR), Shayna Jack<\/strong> and Brianna Throssell<\/strong> (AUS) and Hunter Armstrong<\/strong> and Claire Curzan<\/strong> (USA) just some of the likely inclusions in a relay that never disappoints.<\/p>\n

The Brits topped today’s preliminaries in 3:45.50 and they can certainly count on experienced anchor Anna Hopkin<\/strong> who brought the team home in 52.73 this morning but expect Australia’s Jack to be right there with her, with the Aussies winning their heat in 3:45.54, the US next in 3:45.93.<\/p>\n

China were 11th, with their stars sitting in the grandstand, while Canada were ninth- missing the final by just 0.34 -the final spot going to Italy.<\/p>\n