‘It’s insane’: Australia breaks world record in freestyle event at swimming championships
Australia set a world record in the mixed 4x100 meters freestyle final at the world swimming championships on Saturday .
Canada’s team of Joshua Liendo, Javier Acevedo, Kayla Sanchez and Penny Oleksiak was 1.23 behind the Australians for silver, and the Unites States team of Ryan Held, Brooks Curry, Torri Huske and Claire Curzan was third, 1.71 behind.But the US team had reason to celebrate. Olympic champion Katie Ledecky stormed to a fifth straight 800m freestyle title.
“I’m happy with , I kind of thought I’d be 6 or 7, but to be 8.0 that’s right there, and fastest I’ve been for a couple of years, so a really good end to a great week.” Japan’s Naoki Mizunuma came through in second in 50.94 seconds, finishing just ahead of Canadian Joshua Liendo Edwards.Swede Sarah Sjostrom was also among the big winners as she continued her domination of the women’s 50m butterfly for her fourth consecutive world title in the event and 18th individual medal overall.
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