2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES
- Pool Swimming: July 27 – August 4, 2024
- Open Water Swimming: August 8 – 9, 2024
- La Défense Arena — Paris, France
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The women’s 4x100m free relay was an intense battle from start to finish, with the teams from Australia, the United States and China all in the center of the pool dealing blows to get to the wall first.
Australia ultimately wound up on top, clinching a new Olympic Record of 3:29.92 in the process. Next was the U.S. who clocked a new national record of 3:30.20 while China hit a new Asian Record of 3:30.30 en route to grabbing bronze just .10 later.
China’s collective outing of 3:30.30 obliterated the previous national and continental record of 3:32.40 put on the books at the 2023 World Championships.
In addition to mixing up the order of the same foursome who nabbed the previous Asian Record last year, the game-changer was lead-off Yang Junxuan‘s individual national record of 52.48 to get her team started tonight.
Yang split 25.28/27.20 to slice .20 off her own previous Chinese standard of 52.68 she turned in at April’s National Swimming Championships. Her former mark included splits of 25.43/27.25.
| New Asian W 4×100 Free Record – 3:30.30 | Previous Asian W 4×100 Free Record – 3:32.40 |
| Yang Junxuan – 52.48 *Chinese Record | Cheng Yujie – 53.39 |
| Cheng Yujie – 52.76 | Yang Junxuan – 53.53 |
| Zhang Yufei – 52.75 | Wu Qingfeng – 52.64 |
| Wu Qingfeng – 52.31 | Zhang Yufei – 52.84 |
The entire lineup between Fukuoka and Paris was changed and everyone produced a quicker split this time around.
China is expected to land on the podium in the 4x200m free relay later this week so we’ll see how the nation fares in that longer event.
Job done.
The quartet splitting 4 sub 52 legs leaves an impression that they are tapering on time.
good!