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Australia breaks world record in 400 medley relay

Associated Press

MELBOURNE, Australia – Australia lowered its own world record in the women’s 400-meter medley relay at the world swimming championships Saturday night.

Emily Seebohm, Leisel Jones, Jess Schipper and Libby Lenton touched in 3 minutes, 55.74 seconds, bettering the old mark of 3:56.30 at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne last March.

Americans Natalie Coughlin, Tara Kirk, Rachel Komisarz and Lacey Nymeyer took the silver in 3:58.31 ” the country’s fourth consecutive runner-up finish.



China earned the bronze in 4:01.97.

Coughlin had the Americans in front and 0.40 seconds under world-record pace on her opening leg of backstroke.

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But Jones, the 100 breaststroke world champion, outraced Kirk and put the Aussies in front for good. Lenton, the 100 freestyle champion, cruised home with Nymeyer in her wake.


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