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The Russian team of Andrey Grechin (48.58), Aleksandr Popkov (48.18), Danila Izotov (47.65), and Alexander Sukhorukov (47.63) won the first heat of the men’s 400 freestyle relay in 3:12.04 to take the top spot at finals.
Swimming in lane one, the United States’ Jimmy Feigen (48.55), Ryan Held (47.79), Blake Pieroni (48.39), and Anthony Ervin (47.65) topped a competitive final heat to take the second seed into finals with a 3:12.38.
The Australian squad of James Magnussen (48.85), Kyle Chalmers (47.04), James Roberts (48.33), and Matthew Abood (48.43) finished in 3:12.65, just behind the Americans.
Those swims for the Americans and the Australians overcame some difficulty from last summer when neither team made the finals at World championships.
The French finished fourth with a 3:13.27. Canada finished with a 3:14.06. Brazil rode the energy from the home crowd and touched sixth in 3:14.06.
Belgium (3:14.16) and Japan (3:14.17) snuck into the final.
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Are we talking Zar Popov????
my bad..is Popkov, i read wrongly, ooops