HIGHLIGHTS

• China’s win denies both Ledecky and Australia’s Ariarne Titmus another gold medal
• China managed a time of 7 minutes, 40.33 seconds while the Americans claimed silver in 7:40.73. 
• After winning both the 200m and 400m free individual titles, Titmus led off for Australia in the relay.

China stunned star-studded USA and Australia in the women’s 4×200-metre freestyle relay to win gold with a world record performance. China managed a time of 7 minutes, 40.33 seconds while the Americans claimed silver in 7:40.73.

Australia took bronze in 7:41.29. Katie Ledecky took the anchor leg for the Americans in third place, nearly two seconds behind the Chinese and also trailing the Australians.

Ledecky passed Australia’s Leah Neale and closed the gap significantly on China’s Li Bingjie, but couldn’t quite catch her at the end.

China’s win denies both Ledecky and Australia’s Ariarne Titmus another gold medal. After winning both the 200m and 400m free individual titles, Titmus led off for Australia in the relay. It was the second swimming world record of the Tokyo Games – in fact, all three medalists broke the previous mark of 7:41.50 set by the Aussies at the 2019 world championships.