Swimming: Australia win women’s 4x200m freestyle relay
The night’s last swimming final is the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay.
Unsurprisingly, the top qualifiers are Australia in lane four. USA, including Katie Ledecky, are in lane six. Hungary separate them in lane five.
Mollie O’Callaghan, the individual champion, gets the Aussies off to the perfect start as they lead after the first leg, with Lani Pallister taking over ahead of the world record line.
Pallister is still ahead of the world record split as she comes back for her fourth length of the pool, ready to hand over to Brianna Throssell.
People’s Republic of China are in second and USA in third at the halfway point. Here comes Ledecky.
Throssell is just about holding off China’s Ge Chutong but here comes Ledecky! Australia only barely in the lead from USA at 550 – Ledecky has pulled this gap right back!
On to the anchor legs. Ariarne Titmus will hit the water in front for Australia, but only just ahead of Erin Gemmell from USA.
The times to watch are 7:37.50 for the world record and 7:40.33 for the Olympic record. The Olympic record should fall, but will the world record go too?
Here’s the final lap. Titmus is still up there with the WR line. And she has opened a gap to Gemmell. A big final push from Titmus to bring gold for Australia. What’s the time?
Outside the world record, but a new Olympic record 7:38.08!
United States take silver in 7:40.86, China bronze in 7:42.34.
