{"id":578495,"date":"2024-02-18T10:58:44","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T17:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=578495"},"modified":"2024-02-18T14:06:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-18T21:06:57","slug":"world-championships-day-8-finals-usa-take-mens-medley-relay-for-15th-time-ahead-of-netherlands-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-day-8-finals-usa-take-mens-medley-relay-for-15th-time-ahead-of-netherlands-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"World Championships, Day 8 Finals: USA Take Men’s Medley Relay For 15th Time Ahead Of Netherlands & Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"

World Championships, Day 8 Finals: USA Take Men’s Medley Relay For 15th Time Ahead Of Netherlands & Italy<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The USA won the men’s 4×100 medley relay for the 15th time in the penultimate event of the 2024 World Championships in Doha.<\/p>\n

The quartet of Hunter Armstrong<\/strong>, Nic Fink<\/strong>, Zach Harting<\/strong> and Matt King<\/strong> came home in 3:29.80 to defend their title and secure the USA’s eighth medal of the meet.<\/p>\n

Netherlands were second in 3:31.23 and Italy third in 3:31.59.<\/p>\n

Of the 21 times the event has been contested since being introduced at Belgrade 1973<\/strong>, the USA has won all but six with Australia triumphant three times and Great Britain, France and Italy winning one apiece.<\/p>\n

Neither China nor Australia – the 2023 silver and bronze medallists respectively – were in the final having failed to negotiate the prelims while\u00a0Olympic silver medallists Great Britain didn’t enter.<\/p>\n

Spain led after the backstroke thanks to Hugo Gonzalez<\/strong>, the 100 back silver medallist going 53.11 to Armstrong’s 53.15 with Poland third after Ksawery Masiuk<\/strong> went 53.55.<\/p>\n

However, Poland’s race was soon run, the quartet DQd because of an infraction on Jan Kalusowksi’s<\/strong> breaststroke leg.<\/p>\n

The race changed complexion on the breaststroke leg: Fink, the individual champion steering the USA into a 0.72 lead following a 58.20 split.<\/p>\n

Arno Kamminga<\/strong>, the Olympic silver medallist, steered the Netherlands from fifth to second in 58.23 with Nicolo Martinenghi<\/strong> – second behind Fink in the individual race – splitting 57.97 to haul Italy from sixth to third.<\/p>\n

Nyls Korstanje<\/strong> made a move on Harting on the first 50 of the fly but the American had a superb turn to hand over to King with a 0.71 lead.<\/p>\n

King came home in 47.32 with Stan Pijnenburg<\/strong> anchoring the Netherlands (48.04) with Alessandro Miressi<\/strong> eating into the deficit down the final 50 with a 47.20 split.<\/p>\n

USA splits:<\/p>\n

53.15: Hunter Armstrong<\/p>\n

58.20: Nic Fink<\/p>\n

51.13 Zach Harting<\/p>\n

47.32: Matt King<\/p>\n

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