DOHA – Denmark successfully defended its women’s 400 medley relay title during the final event of the FINA World Short Course Championships. Watch Race Video
Denmark’s team of Mie Nielsen (56.86), Rikke Moller Pedersen (1:04.62), Jeanette Ottesen (54.99) and Pernille Blume (52.39) leaned on Ottesen’s tremendous butterfly leg to win in 3:48.86.
Denmark is the first team to defend the women’s 400 medley relay since Australia won in 2004 and 2006.
Australia’s Madi Wilson (57.31), Sally Hunter (1:04.34), Emily Seebohm (57.26) and Bronte Campbell (51.40) finished second overall in 3:50.31, while Japan’s Sayaka Akase (57.11), Kanako Watanabe (1:05.32), Rino Hosoda (56.89) and Miki Uchida (51.18) took third in 3:50.50.
Sweden (3:51.64), Russia (3:53.68), Finland (3:54.81), Italy (3:55.15) and Germany (3:55.29) placed fourth through eighth.
Team USA missed the podium for just the second time (1999) after missing finals completely this morning.
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- Women’s 200 free relay
- Men’s 100 free
- Women’s 50 back
- Men’s 200 back
- Women’s 200 breast
- Men’s 100 IM
- Women’s 100 fly
- Men’s 50 breast
- Women’s 50 free
- Men’s 200 fly
- Men’s 1500 free
- Women’s 200 free
- Men’s 400 medley relay
- Women’s 400 medley relay
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