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SWIMMING: US wins men's medley relay at swim worlds

AP, Sunday 31 Jul 2011

Michael Phelps moved the United States from fourth to second in the butterfly leg

The U.S. team
The U.S. team walk away after competing in the men's 4 X 100m medley relay heats at the 14th FINA World Championships in Shanghai (Photo: Reuters)

The Americans went on to edge Australia for gold in the 4x100-metre medley relay, the final event of the world swimming championships.

Nicholas Thoman, Mark Gangloff, Phelps and anchor Nathan Adrian finished in 3 minutes, 32.06 seconds. Australia, with Hayden Stoeckel, Brenton Rickard, Geoff Huegill and James Magnussen, took the silver in 3:32.26.

Germany (Helge Meeuw, Hendrik Feldwehr, Benjamin Starke and Paul Biedermann) won the bronze in a time of 3:32.60.

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