Pool gold has been hard to come by for the U.S., but their recent gold medal win has been impressive.
The mixed 4×100 medley relay team set a world record on Saturday to win the gold medal.
The foursome of Ryan Murphy, Gretchen Walsh, Nick Fink and Tori Huske swam the race in 3:37.43, beating the world record by a quarter of a second (China came in second in 3:37.55, also breaking the previous world record).
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American athlete Ryan Murphy will compete at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Paris-La Défense Arena in Nanterre. (Sebastien Bozon/AFP via Getty Images)
It was the sixth gold medal in the swimming pool for the United States, now one behind Australia.
This was Huske’s second gold medal of the tournament. She also won the women’s 100m butterfly (Walsh won silver). Huske also won silver in the women’s 100m freestyle and the 4x100m freestyle relay with Walsh.
This came a day after the mixed 4×400 relay track team set a world record in the event, but had to settle for silver in Saturday’s final.
Team USA’s Gretchen Walsh, Nick Fink and Ryan Murphy celebrate after winning the gold medal in the mixed 4x100m medley relay final in world record time during the eighth day of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Paris-La Defense Arena in Nanterre, France on August 3, 2024. (Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)
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Great Britain, China and Australia each took the top three places in the event, which was held for the first time in Tokyo, while the USA was represented by Murphy, Lydia Jacoby, Husk and eight-time gold medalist Caleb Dressel, who finished in fifth place.
The world record was the American’s second gold medal of the day in the pool, just minutes after Katie Ledecky won her record-breaking ninth gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle.
Gretchen Walsh of the United States (right), Nick Fink of the United States (second from right), Ryan Murphy of the United States (left) and Tori Huske of the United States (second from left) celebrate after winning the mixed 4x100m medley relay final at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Paris-La Defense Arena in Nanterre, west of Paris, on August 3, 2024. (Sebastien Bozon/AFP via Getty Images)
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Sunday was the final day of Olympic swimming competition, with four medals still to be won: the women’s 50m freestyle, the men’s 1500m freestyle and the men’s and women’s 4 x 100m medleys.
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