World Championships: China Edges Korea, US, For Gold in 800 Free Relay
Day 6 of the 2024 World Championships in Doha concluded with the men’s 4×200 relay, which turned out to be one of the closest races of the meet.
China won the gold medal in 7:01.84, just a tenth of a second ahead of South Korea and nearly two tenths ahead of the U.S. (7:02.08).
China led off with Ji Xinjie, who split a 1:46.45, followed by Wang Haoyu (1:45.69), Pan Zhanle (1:43.90) and Zhang Zhanshuo (1:45.80) to earn the gold medal.
Korea started with Jaehoon Yang (1:47.78), followed by Woomin Kim (1:44.93), Hojoon Lee (1:45.37) and Hwang Sun-Woo (1:43.76) and took the silver.
The U.S. took the bronze medal at the World Championship with a field consisted of Luke Hobson, who split a 1:45.26, followed by Carson Foster (1:43.94), Hunter Armstrong (1:45.73) and David Johnston (1:47.15).
Great Britain’s Matthew Richards, Max Litchfield, Jack McMillan and Duncan Scott took fourth (7:05.09).
Italy’s Flippo Megli, Alessandro Ragaini, Matteo Ciampi and Stefano di Cola finished fifth in 7:07.00.
Greece finished sixth in 7:09.10, followed by Lithuania (7:11.57) and Spain (7:11.65).
