USA mixed 4x100M medley relay team breaks world record to win gold at Olympics

It's the sixth gold for the Americans in the swimming pool

Gold medals have been hard to come by in the pool for the Americans, but their most recent one came in grand style.

The mixed 4x100 medley relay team won the gold medal on Saturday by setting a world record.

Ryan Murphy, Gretchen Walsh, Nic Fink, and Torri Huske swam the race in 3:37.43, beating the world record by 15-hundredths of a second (China, at 3:37.55, also beat the previous world record, but came in second).

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US' Ryan Murphy competes during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Paris La Defense Arena in Nanterre. (SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP via Getty Images)

It was the sixth gold for the Americans in the swimming pool - they now trail Australia by one.

It's Huske's second gold of the Games - she also took home the women's 100m butterfly (she earned silver in the women's 100m free and in the 4x100 free relay).

It comes a day after the mixed 4x400 relay track team set a world record in that event - but they had to settle for the silver medal in Saturday's final.

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Authored by Ryan Morik via FoxNews August 3rd 2024