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MEN’S 4X100M MEDLEY RELAY – FINALS
2013 World Champion: FRA – 3:31.51
World Record: 3:27.28 – USA – 2009
Championship Record: 3:27.28 – USA – 2009
GOLD: United States – 3:29.93
SILVER: Australia – 3:30.08
BRONZE: France – 3:30.50
The United States relay of Ryan Murphy, Kevin Cordes, Tom Shields, and Nathan Adrian combined to win Gold in the men’s 4×100 medley relay, holding off Australia and France.
Splits:
Murphy – 53.05
Cordes – 58.88
Shields – 50.59
Adrian – 47.41
There were several big splits from the rest of the field, as well. Adam Peaty had the fastest breaststroke split with a 57.74, while Cameron McEvoy nearly ran down Nathan Adrian with a 46.60 freestyle split.
That they fast-forward through a 3 and a half minute race is just nuts.
Come ooon, how much bandwidth does it really save?!
Some notes:
1. Murphy is super inconsistent, he needs to work on that.
2. Larkin is know the backstroke start we’ve needed since Peirsol retired.
3. Lacourt may be getting back into 2010 shape, he swam 52.8 after swimming 24.2 in the 50, not the best but wow.
4. Peaty is now the breaststroke king, 57.7 is the fastest relay split ever, better than Brenton Rickards 57.8 from 2009.
5. Metella and shields both were awesome, 50.3 and 50.5 Jesus the butterfly fly world is getting tense.
6. Guy can swim butterfly? 51.60 for a guy who’s never swam it at a major meet and is a FREE specialist, wow.
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You mean a 3:26.53? for Team USA at Rio?
So basically at theoretical tip top , plus you add Phelps & then you are 1.6 ahead of reality world Australia who swam with a poor fly leg .
Realistically, the M4XMED remains a race where the USA realistically only needs to turn up AND not “screw up” either via break or someone losing composure & “blowing up”.
All others have weaknesses that are unlikely to be remedied by Rio. GBR lacks a back-end, particularly a competitive 100 freestyler. FRA lacks a competitive breaststroker & male butterfly remains the “black hole” for AUS.
i doubt the US team coaches think they just need to turn up . MP is still a wild card who may sneak out into the desert with his bottle of tequila & be taken hostage by illegal immigrant gangs .
Can’t think of anything exciting forthe others except ( according to previous SwSw posters) a trip to the sanitorium for Kevin .
Really , it will only happen on the day . 12 months out – scraping in by .15 is not a throwdown .
From when is that 49 from Phelps? And while I Think US will win easily, I think Adrian will have a hard time breaking 47 based on his new focus on 50, he can still split a 47 low, but I have my doubts about a 46 now..
Roma 400 medley relay most peobably ! that’s where the medley relay actual WR come from .