US women's 4x100M medley relay team wins gold, sets world record in last Olympic swimming event of Paris Games

Dressel became the second swimmer ever to win double-digit Olympic golds

Regan Smith, Lilly King, Gretchen Walsh, and Torri Huske took home the final Olympic swimming event on Sunday in the women's 4x100 medley, and also set the world record in the event.

It was Huske's third Olympic gold of the Games, having also won the women's 100m butterfly (Waslsh got silver), while she and Walsh were part of the world-record mixed 4x100 medley team on Saturday. 

Smith got credit for a gold as a reserve, and it's also Lilly King's first gold medal since the Rio games.

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Regan Smith, Lilly King, Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske of Team United States celebrate after winning gold in a world record time in the Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Final on day nine of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on August 04, 2024 in Nanterre, France.  (Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

It's the eighth gold medal for the Americans, the most by any country in the swimming pool, beating Australia by one. Their 28 overall swimming medals also were, by far, the most.

It's the fourth gold won by Americans on Sunday, and the second in the pool.

via FoxNews August 4th 2024