{"id":594700,"date":"2024-08-04T09:02:03","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T16:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=594700"},"modified":"2024-08-04T09:02:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T16:02:03","slug":"paris-olympics-day-9-finals-hunter-armstrong-to-anchor-u-s-mens-medley-relay-full-lineups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/paris-olympics-day-9-finals-hunter-armstrong-to-anchor-u-s-mens-medley-relay-full-lineups\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris Olympics, Day 9 Finals: Hunter Armstrong to Anchor U.S. Men’s Medley Relay (Full Lineups)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paris Olympics, Day 9 Finals: Hunter Armstrong to Anchor U.S. Men’s Medley Relay (Full Lineups)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The pool swimming portion of the Paris Olympics will conclude Sunday evening with the men’s and women’s 400 medley relays, and lineups have been posted for each country prior to the session.<\/p>\n

Click here to view the men’s lineup<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The United States will swim a team of\u00a0Ryan Murphy<\/strong>,\u00a0Nic Fink<\/strong>,\u00a0Caeleb Dressel<\/strong> and\u00a0Hunter Armstrong<\/strong>. Armstrong has received the nod for anchor duties over the two men who represented the U.S. in the 100 free,\u00a0Caeleb Dressel<\/strong> and\u00a0Chris Guiliano<\/strong>, by virtue of his 46.75 split on the American men’s 400 medley relay.<\/p>\n

France, the top seed in the event, goes with\u00a0Yohann Ndoye-Brouard<\/strong>,\u00a0Leon Marchand<\/strong>,\u00a0Maxime Grousset<\/strong> and\u00a0Florent Manaudou<\/strong>, with the 50 free bronze medalist set to anchor in his only 100-meter swim of the meet.<\/p>\n

China makes one lineup change, replacing\u00a0Wang Changhao<\/strong> with\u00a0Sun Jiajun<\/strong> on the butterfly leg after Sun beat Wang in the individual event here. Great Britain deploys a full-strength group with\u00a0Oliver Morgan<\/strong>,\u00a0Adam Peaty<\/strong>,\u00a0Duncan Scott<\/strong> and\u00a0Matt Richards<\/strong>. Australia anchors with\u00a0Kyle Chalmers<\/strong> while Canada has the dynamic duo of\u00a0Ilya Kharun<\/strong> and\u00a0Josh Liendo<\/strong>, both medalists in the 100 fly Saturday, closing things out.<\/p>\n

Click here to view the women’s lineup<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There were no major surprise w lineup decisions on the women’s side. The favored Americans will have three world-record holders in their respective 100-meter events: Regan Smith<\/strong>,\u00a0Lilly King<\/strong> and\u00a0Gretchen Walsh<\/strong>, who will handle butterfly duties instead of 100 fly gold medalist\u00a0Torri Huske<\/strong>, with Huske needed to anchor the group.<\/p>\n

Australia has powerful bookends in\u00a0Kaylee McKeown<\/strong> and\u00a0Mollie O’Callaghan<\/strong>, while relay stalwart\u00a0Emma McKeon<\/strong> concludes her Olympic career on the butterfly leg as she aims to tie\u00a0Katie Ledecky’s\u00a0<\/strong>record of 14 Olympic medals as most by a female swimmer in history. The key for Australia, though, is breaststroke, where\u00a0Jenna Strauch<\/strong> will need to hold her own against the favorites.<\/p>\n

China has a great last three legs from\u00a0Tang Qianting<\/strong>,\u00a0Zhang Yufei<\/strong> and\u00a0Yang Junxuan<\/strong>, but\u00a0Wan Letian<\/strong> will need to come through with a big backstroke leg. Canada has\u00a0Kylie Masse<\/strong>,\u00a0Sophie Angus<\/strong> and\u00a0Maggie Mac Neil<\/strong> giving way to\u00a0Summer McIntosh<\/strong> in her 13th swim of a prolific Paris Games, in which she has won three individual gold medals and one silver.<\/p>\n

Additionally,\u00a0Sarah Sjostrom<\/strong> will swim the anchor leg for Sweden and try to pull off a miracle medal while\u00a0Marrit Steenbergen<\/strong> anchors for the Netherlands.<\/p>\n