The recent addition of mixed relays to the FINA event program has proved enormously beneficial to USA Swimming, promoting aggressive strategy particularly in the mixed medley. With the States possessing enormous strength in sprint stroke events, there’s no stopping the powerhouse from quickly establishing its dominance in the fresh event. In bridging the gap between men’s and women’s swimming, the change is altogether historic, as swimming is currently the only sport in which men and women compete together in such a way.
While the U.S. was seeded to run away with the victory, a shocking disqualification landed Brazil (3:48.61) on the top step of the podium, as Guilherme Guido, Joao Gomes, Giovanna Diamante, and Larissa De Oliveira combined forces to clinch a narrow win. Canada showcased its depth with a relatively even matchup, as Javier Acevedo, James Dergousoff, Danielle Hanus, and Alexia Zevnik came from behind to post a 3:49.97 for silver.
It was Argentina’s Andrea Berrino, Julia Sebastian, Santiago Grassi, and Federico Grabich who earned third with a time of 3:50.53, as impressive splits across the board set the country up as an international threat to be reckoned with.
Cody Miller, a marquee American breaststroker, prompted the disqualification after allegedly taking two dolphin kicks off his turn. Despite USA Swimming’s attempts to refute the call, the United States was forced to end the night on a low note headed into the penultimate day of competition.
What happened?
Taylor, I guess you don’t know that the USA won the mixed medley relay by a LOT!!! So how about doing your job and actually reporting something we don’t know like why our team was DQ’d. It’s not like the USA doesn’t have the most experience by far in relays from high school to college and national teams.
At least they didn’t splash their way or any of your other verbs that don’t relate to swimming.
Hi, Wayne! The post has since been updated. Thank you!
Hey!! Maybe instead of critiquing the article you should actually read it, so then you would notice that “splash” wasn’t used once throughout. So maybe you should check your facts before writing an insulting post. Instead you should take a moment to commend Taylor on writing a fantastic article, so informative and timely.
Shout out to my boy , Cody Miller . It happens. Mixed will be a very different flavor . Nice article , some burn outs need to pick on someone there on age ,if they can find one.
Why did you use the headline of the US facing DQ if you didn’t explain why?
https://swimswam.com/usa-swimming-disputes-pan-ams-medley-relay-disqualification-to-no-avail/
Alexis Murray thank you
Who’s the schmuck that forgot to explain why they were DQ’d?
Hi! The post has since been updated. Thank you!
Taylor , congrats on being a classy college kid, and handling so many responsibilities. There isn’t a degree for handling rude people. Also some don’t know the difference between a verb and adverb.
You are correct on Argentina . They will make some noise internationally in the future.
I agree mixed relays will be very interesting, and the United States would be a power in these events. Somewhat of a strategy headache for Coaches, but a blast for the fans. Who knows maybe a backward butterfly will be the rage in a few years ?