Australia Wins Gold in Women's 400 Relay, Sets World Record
BEIJING — Australia has defeated the United States to win the women's Olympic 400-meter medley relay in a world-record time.
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Australian team, from left, Leisel Jones, Emily Seebohm, Lisbeth Trickett and Jessicah Schipper react after winning the gold in the women's 4x100-meter medley relay final during the swimming competitions in the National Aquatics Center at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008.
Emily Seebohm, Leisel Jones, Jess Schipper and Libby Trickett finished in 3 minutes, 52.69 seconds Sunday morning, lowering the old mark of 3:55.74 set by Australia at last year's world championships in Melbourne. The Aussies won for the second consecutive Olympics.
The U.S. team of Natalie Coughlin, Rebecca Soni, Christine Magnuson and Dara Torres earned the silver in 3:53.30. Minutes earlier, Torres, a 41-year-old mother swimming in her fifth Olympics, had finished second in the 50 free.
China's team of Zhao Jing, Sun Ye, Zhou Yafei and Pang Jiaying took the bronze in 3:56.11.
