Americans set relay world document to camp comeback at swimming world championships

SINGAPORE — The United States, which had a irritating swim world championships, ended on a excessive notice Sunday with a document within the ladies’s 4×100 medley relay within the final occasion of the eight-day championships.

The Americans swam a time of three minutes, 49.34 seconds, breaking their very own outdated document mark of three:49.63.

The United States completed with 9 gold medals and 29 total, forward of Australia with eight gold and 20 total. France and Canada have been subsequent within the gold-medal rely with 4 gold medals. The 18-year-old Canadian star Summer McIntosh received all 4.

The Americans battled a case of “acute gastroenteritis” picked up at a coaching camp in Thailand.

The illness clearly affected the crew’s up-and-down performances within the eight days in Singapore.

“This is the best way to end the meet,” Gretchen Walsh stated. “And I feel like we have such a good opportunity when you have this stacked group of women closing it out on a relay like this.

“We’re going to place all of it within the pool and we’ll go away Singapore with a smile on our faces,” she added.

Regan Smith, Kate Douglass and Walsh swam the first three legs with Torri Huske taking the anchor.

The Americans had only five gold medals through six days, but won four in the last two as team health seemed to improve.

Sunday’s closing day featured eight finals and victories for seven different teams.

But there were two clear stars through the week.

Leon Manchand of France left the worlds on Sunday with what he came for – two individual gold medals.

Summer McIntosh came away with four individual golds – one shy of her quest to win five. Still, she is only the second woman at a world championships to win four individual golds.

Her only blip was finishing third to American Katie Ledecky in the 800 freestyle on Saturday.

And 12-year-old Chinese Yu Zidi, in an astounding efficiency, completed fourth in all three of her particular person races. She, nevertheless, did decide up a bronze medal in a relay, the place she swam within the prelims however not within the remaining.