Women’s 4×200 Free Relay Lineups Made Available; Ledecky Presumably Resting For Finals

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Leah Smith will swim the anchor leg for the 4x200 free relay this morning. Photo Courtesy: Becca Wyant

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Gwangju 2019

Women’s 4×200 Free Relay Lineup

The relay orders for the women’s 4×200 free relay are available. USA’s Katie Ledecky, who pulled out of the 200 free and 1500 free final on Tuesday is still not on the start lists for the morning relay. This comes as no surprise since Ledecky would have been rested for the final anyway. The United States should have no problem qualifying for the final with Allison Schmitt, Gabby DeLoof, Melanie Margalis and Leah Smith swimming for them this morning.

Ledecky has had a couple days to rest after it was made public that she had not been feeling well since arriving to Gwangju last week. She dropped out of the 200 free heats and 1500 final to rest for the 4×200 free relay and 800 free later in the meet.

Australia is the top seed in this relay and they will have Leah Neale, Madison Wilson, Brianna Throssell and Kiah Melverton in heat two. The Aussies are looking to win their first World title in the 4×200 free relay as they will bring Ariarne Titmus and Emma McKeon into the final.

Canada will also factor into the race tonight as they will bring in Taylor Ruck and Penny Oleksiak. China is also expected to be competitive. Full relay orders can be seen below.

4×200 Free Relay Start Lists:

Heat 1

  1. Portugal
    1. Diana Duraes
    2. Tamila Holub
    3. Ana Monteiro
    4. Victoria Kaminskaya
  2. Hong Kong
    1. Camille Cheng
    2. Siobhan Haughey
    3. Nam Wai Ho
    4. Stephanie Au
  3. Russia
    1. Anastasia Guzhenkova
    2. Valeriia Salamatina
    3. Daria Mullakeva
    4. Veronika Andrusenko
  4. United States
    1. Allison Schmitt
    2. Gabby DeLoof
    3. Melanie Margalis
    4. Leah Smith
  5. China
    1. Ai Yanhan
    2. Dong Jie
    3. Zhang Yuhan
    4. Li Bingjie
  6. Hungary
    1. Ajna Kesely
    2. Evelyn Verraszto
    3. Zsuzsanna Jakabos
    4. Katinka Hosszu
  7. Singapore
    1. Ting Quah
    2. Ching Gan
    3. Christie Chue
    4. Jing Quah

Heat 2

  1. New Zealand
    1. Erika Fairweather
    2. Carina Doyle
    3. Chelsey Edwards
    4. Eve Thomas
  2. Poland
    1. Aleksandra Polanska
    2. Dominika Kossakowska
    3. Marta Klimek
    4. Aleksandra Knop
  3. Japan
    1. Rio Shirai
    2. Chihiro Igarashi
    3. Tomomi Aoki
    4. Nagisa Ikemoto
  4. Australia
    1. Leah Neale
    2. Madi Wilson
    3. Brianna Throssell
    4. Kiah Melverton
  5. Canada
    1. Kayla Sanchez
    2. Emily Overholt
    3. Rebecca Smith
    4. Emma O’Croinin
  6. Germany
    1. Reva Foos
    2. Isabel Gose
    3. Marie Pietruschka
    4. Annika Bruhn
  7. Korea
    1. Choi Jung Min
    2. Jung Hyunyoung
    3. Park Na Ri
    4. Jo Hyunju
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