PARIS, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Australia clinched its fifth swimming gold medal of the Paris Olympics by winning the women's 4x200m freestyle relay final on Thursday.
The Australian team of Mollie O'Callaghan, Lani Pallister, Brianna Throssell and Ariarne Titmus finished in an Olympic record time of seven minutes, 38.08 seconds at La Defense Arena.
The United States' quartet of Claire Weinstein, Paige Madden, Katie Ledecky and Erin Gemmell took silver in 7:40.86.
China's Yang Junxuan, Li Bingjie, Ge Chutong and Liu Yaxin claimed bronze in 7:42.34.
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