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Team USA duplicated the morning effort of a pair of Pan American Games records in the women’s 400-meter medley relay as Natalie Coughlin unleashed a blistering time in the 100 back as well.
Coughlin broke her preliminary record of 59.20 with a sizzling effort of 59.05 to lead Team USA tonight. That’s her fifth-fastest time ever behind her amazing run in 2008 with a trio of 58s and a 59.03 across Trials and the Olympics.
Her swim put her third in the world this year.
100 Back World Rankings
[table “” not found /]Coughlin, Katie Meili (1:06.06), Kelsi Worrell (57.34) and Allison Schmitt (54.08) combined for a Pan American Games record time of 3:56.53. That cleared their preliminary effort of 3:57.35.
Canada’s Dominique Bouchard (1:00.85), Rachel Nicol (1:06.78), Noemie Thomas (57.58) and Chantal Van Landeghem (53.30) took silver in 3:58.51.
Brazil’s Etiene Medeiros (1:00.65), Jhennifer Conceicao (1:08.50), Daynara De Paula (58.41) and Larissa Martins (54.96) earned bronze in 4:02.52.
Argentina (4:08.24), Mexico (4:08.26), Venezuela (4:13.88), Jamaica (4:14.58) and Peru (4:22.49) also swam in the finale.
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Women’s 800 free
- Women’s 200 IM
- Men’s 200 IM
- Men’s 1500 free
- Women’s 400 medley relay
- Men’s 400 medley relay