Swimming-U.S. set world record, win mixed 4x100m freestyle relay gold

ByReuters

Published 27/07/2019 at 13:31 GMT

GWANGJU, South Korea, July 27 (Reuters) - The United States set a world record of three minutes and 19.40 seconds in the mixed 4x100m freestyle relay final at the world championships on Saturday.

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The quartet of Caeleb Dressel, Zach Apple, Mallory Comerford and Simone Manuel helped the U.S. better their own world record of 3:19.60 set en route to the 2017 world title in Budapest.

Australia (3:19.97) took silver while France (3:22.11) claimed bronze. (Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru Editing by Christian Radnedge)

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