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

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 - Copyright KIM HONG-JI(Reuters)

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Published on 25/07/2019 - 16:03•Updated 07/05/2024 - 18:34

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GWANGJU, South Korea (Reuters) - Australia set a world record of 7:41.50 in the women's 4x200 freestyle relay final 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.