Huske’s 51.88 and Yang’s 51.96 Anchors, lead USA and China Underneath OLD WR (Day 8 Relay Evaluation)

2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES

MIXED 4×100 MEDLEY RELAY – FINAL

• World File: 3:37.58 – Nice Britain (2021)
• Olympic File: 3:37.58 – Nice Britain (2021)
• 2021 Successful Time: 3:37.58 – Nice Britain
• 2021 Time to Win Bronze: 3:38.95

1. United States (Ryan Murphy, Nic Fink, Gretchen Walsh, Torri Huske) – 3:37.43
2. China (Xu Jiayu, Qin Haiyang, Zhang Yufei, Yang Junxuan) – 3:37.55
3. Australia (Kaylee McKeown, Joshua Yong, Matthew Temple, Mollie O’Callaghan) – 3:38.76
4. France (Yohann Ndoye-Brouard, Leon Marchand, Marie Wattel, Beryl Gastaldello) – 3:40.96
5. Canada (Kylie Massie, Finlay Knox, Josh Liendo, Maggie MacNeil) – 3:41.41
6. Netherlands (Kira Toussaint, Caspar Corbeau, Nyls Korstanje, Marrit Steenbergen) – 3:43.12
7. Nice Britain (Kathleen Dawson, James Wilby, Duncan Scott, Anna Hopkin) – 3:44.31
8. Japan (Riku Matsuyama, Taku Taniguchi, Mizuki Hirai, Rikako Ikee) – 3:45.17

Holy Smokes!!!

WHAT A RACE

WHAT A RACE

We’ll have breakdown of the world file efficiency and of among the different nationwide information, however with two nations below the previous world file, A the pool should be quick in come capability and B. there are certain to be some quick splits.

Backstroke Leg

Each Ryan Murphy and Xu Jiayu bought their nations out to quick leads. Xu led on the 50, flipping in 24.93 to Murphy’s 24.98, but it surely was the American who bought his revenge on the Chinese language swimmer, who completed forward of Murphy within the particular person closing successful the silver. Each have been sooner than they have been within the closing with Murphy touching first in 52.08 to Xu’s 52.13.  Yohann Ndoye-Brouard was little lower than half a second off his PB from the prelims (52.48) however nonetheless bought the French out to a powerful begin.

Of the feminine backstrokers, Kaylee McKeown gave her staff the lead, pulling out one other sub-58 efficiency. After claiming bronze within the 200 IM, the Australian swam 57.90 (slower than her particular person gold medal efficiency of 57.33) and whereas in fifth, she led all the feminine backstrokers and was lower than three seconds behind Japan’s backstroker.

Breaststroke Leg

After a somewhat sleepy 100 breaststroke that noticed no male swimmer break 59.00 within the particular person closing, the relay splits have been extra thrilling. Lacking out on the medals within the 100, Qin Haiyang confirmed that he was no less than again close to the highest of his video games, splitting a speedy 57.82, the quickest within the subject by .47. The Olympic co-silver medalist, American Nic Fink was in tight battle with Qin. He dove in .05 forward and the pair’s first 50 was even at 26.84, with the Chinese language swimmer solely gaining on the final 50 opening up a lead of .42.

Leon Marchand, in his solely efficiency that didn’t earn a medal, saved the French on rivalry with a 58.66 and saved the French in third, however misplaced some floor on Joshua Yong. The Australia who made the stiff Australian Qualification customary by simply .01 was the one Australian swimmer to advance into the semifinals of the 100 breast, Within the prelims of the boys’s medley relay he went 58.99 and thus earned a spot on the relay and rewarded the coaches’ resolution with a speedy 58.43.

Butterfly Leg

One quarter of the relays went with a feminine backstroker and thus had their male butterflies pull themselves although the sphere. Silver medalist within the 100 fly, Josh Liendo pulled the Canada’s up from sixth to fifth with the quickest fly cut up of the sphere 50.08. Nevertheless, it was Matt Temple‘s 50.42 that paid massive dividends. The Australian was seventh within the particular person occasion in 51.10 however his cut up moved up the Aussies from fifth to third passing each the French and Japanese groups.

Gretchen Walsh had a giant fly cut up of 55.18, and gave the American’s the lead over the Chinese language. The Individuals have been again by .42 however Walsh’s first 50 was .46 sooner than Zhang Yufei‘s and by the tip of her 100 the Individuals have been up by simply .04.

Freestyle Leg

With .04 separating the highest two groups and with the Australian’s a second again however with Mollie O’Callaghan diving in, it a 3 means race into the end. Nevertheless, Tori Huske and Yang proved to greater than as much as the duty because the pair joined the sub-52 membership. Huske had a lead of .05 in the beginning and out cut up China’s Yang Junxuan over the primary to 50, 24.58 to 24.71 and the American had a lead of .18. Yang wouldn’t quit and closed the hole on Huske to come back inside .12. Huske together with her cut up of 51.88 bought her hand on the wall first stopping the clock in 3:37.43, a brand new World File. Yang’s 51.96 was additionally quick sufficient to get the Chinese language staff below the previous WR, stopping the clock in 3:37.55.

O’Callaghan’s 52.01 was nonetheless a powerful cut up however not sufficient to shut the hole on the early leaders, however nonetheless quickest sufficient to have the Australians file a brand new Oceanean file of three:38.76. Whereas simply the seventh quickest cut up, Beryl Gastaldello‘s 53.06 was sufficient to maintain the French staff in 4th place and whereas 2.2 seconds again of the bronze, their time of three:40.96 smashes their nationwide file from the prelims and France turns into the seventh quickest nation within the occasion.