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Great Britain took down the world record in the mixed 400 medley relay at the 2015 FINA World Championships.
Great Britain’s Chris Walker-Hebborn (52.94), Adam Peaty (57.98), Siobhan Marie O’Connor (57.02) and Fran Halsall (53.77) put together a time of 3:41.71 for the top time. That swim broke the preliminary world record of 3:42.33 set by Team USA.
The Australians entered today with the world record at 3:46.52. Russia, USA and Great Britain then took turns dropping the world record.
Comparative Splits
[table “” not found /]USA could not replicate its preliminary speed. Ryan Murphy (53.31), Kevin Cordes (58.63), Katie McLaughlin (57.56) and Margo Geer (53.77) took second in 3:43.27.
Germany’s Jan-Philip Glania (53.52), Hendrik Feldwehr (59.16), Alexandra Wenk (57.21) and Annika Bruhn (54.24) took bronze in 3:44.13.
China (3:44.65), Russia (3:44.83), Italy (3:45.59), Canada (3:46.23) and Hungary (3:50.06) also swam in the finale.
Vlad Morozov, swimming with some extra motivation after a stunning false start disqualification in the men’s 100-meter free, anchored Russia with a 47.29.
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Men’s 100 free semis
- Women’s 50 back semis
- Men’s 200 fly finals
- Women’s 200 free finals
- Men’s 50 breast finals
- Women’s 200 fly semis
- Men’s 200 IM semis
- Men’s 800 free finals
- Mixed 400 medley relay finals
And the train wreck goes on.