PARIS, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Australia clinched its fifth swimming gold medal of the Paris Olympics by winning the women's 4x200m freestyle relay here 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.
The silver meant Ledecky now has 13 Olympic medals, making her the most decorated female Olympian in American history in any sport.
It was Australia's first gold medal in the women's 4x200m relay since the Beijing 2008 Games.
"I feel like a bit of redemption for us," Titmus said.
"Tokyo was definitely not the result we wanted. I personally wasn't happy with how I performed in the relay in Tokyo, so I put pressure on myself to lift for this team, I feel like I have a role to play in this team, and do the best job I can. I think I did that tonight."
