Australia wins women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay gold, smashes WR

The final of the women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games was held in the Water Cube, today, and the Australian team won the gold medal in a new world record time of 3:52.69, smashing their previous world mark of 3:55.74 set up on March 31, 2007.


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The Australian quartet of Emily Seebohm, Leisel Jones, Lisbeth Trickett and Jessicah Schipper comfortably took the glory.

The USA took silver in 3:53.30, with China fending off the British challenge for bronze in 3:56.11.



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