Australia set world record, win women's 4x200 freestyle gold


  • Swimming
  • Thursday, 25 Jul 2019

Swimming - 18th FINA World Swimming Championships - Women's 4x200m Freestyle Victory Ceremony - Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center, Gwangju, South Korea - July 25, 2019. Gold medallist Team Australia. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

GWANGJU, South Korea (Reuters) - Australia set a world record of 7:41.50 en route to winning the gold medal in the women's 4x200 freestyle relay at the world championships on Thursday.

The quartet of Ariarne Titmus, Madison Wilson, Brianna Throssell and Emma McKeon knocked 0.58 seconds off the previous mark set by China at the Rome worlds in 2009.

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