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WOMEN’S 4 X 50 MEDLEY RELAY – FINALS
World Record: 1:45.92 – Denmark – 2013
The Danish team started off the evening in style breaking their own world record in the women’s 4 x 50 medley. The team consisting of Mie Nielsen, Rikke Moller Pedersen, Jeantte Ottesen and Pernille Blume won the event in a time of 1:44.04.
Nielsen – 26.39
Pedersen – 29.56
Ottesen – 24.09
Blume – 24.00
The world record in this swim was a tremendous feat, but Ottesen’s butterfly split was also impressive. The world record in the event is held by Therese Alshammar who posted a 24.38 in 2009. This sets up what could be an incredible race in tonight’s 50 butterfly final between Ottesen, Dekker and Sjostrom.
After destroying the American record in the morning the team made up of Felicia Lee, Emma Reaney, Claire Donahue and Natalie Coughlin broke it once again. In the morning swim the Americans posted a time of 1:46.82 and in the finals recorded a 1:44.92.
The French also set a new national record picking up the bronze posting a time of 1:45.89.
The Chinese women finished fourth followed by the Italians and the Brazilians who both touched in a time of 1:46.47.
The Russians finished seventh in a time of 1:46.50 followed by the Japanese who hit the wall in a time of 1:46.72.
