Editorial content for the 2023 World Aquatics Championships is sponsored by FINIS, a longtime partner of Swimming World and leading innovator of suits, goggles and equipment. World Championships: Chalmers, Guy, Hobson Among Additions to 800 Free Relay (Full Lineups) The men’s 800 freestyle relay final will conclude night six of the World Championships, and the favorites have all made adjustments to their squads. Great Britain is bringing in James Guy, meaning the group will feature the same foursome that excelled on the way to Olympic gold two years ago, while the U.S. has three new swimmers and Australia inserts relay star Kyle Chalmers. Check out the full relay lineups for the race. Britain, swimming in lane six, goes with a team of Duncan Scott, Matt Richards, Guy and Tom Dean. Richards and Dean finished 1-2 in the 200 free earlier this meet while Dean and Scott were the 1-2 finishers at the Olympics. Guy was world champion in the 200 free back in 2015. The British are certainly favored for gold, but the reigning-world-champion American men will be one lane over with Luke Hobson, Carson Foster, Jake Mitchell and Kieran Smith, with Foster and Smith each returning off last year’s squad. Hobson was fifth in the 200 free earlier this meet while Mitchell was the lone carryover from prelims, where he did enough to merit inclusion on this relay over Drew Kibler. Australia is the top seed after prelims, and Kai Taylor will lead off after blasting a 1:44.56 split in the morning. He will be followed by Chalmers, fresh off a world title in the 100 free, as well as Alexander Graham and Thomas Neill. Third-seeded Italy rolls out the same four men as this morning with Marco de Tullio, Filippo Megli, Matteo Ciampi and Stefano di Cola while France adds Leon Marchand, already the winner of three individual golds in Fukuoka, on the anchor leg of its fifth-seeded team. South Korea will be in the hunt here with 200 free silver medalist Hwang Sunwoo and fellow finalist Kim Woomin swimming the first two legs.
