The United States of Caeleb Dressel retained their title of world champion in the 4 x 100 m relay on Saturday in Budapest, ahead of the Australians and the Italians, but without breaking the world record.
With a time of 3:09.34, the Americans (Dressel, Held, Ress and Curry) finished one and a half seconds ahead of the Australians (3:10.80), who finished a short length ahead of the Italians (3 :10.95).
This is the 14th world title for Dressel, one of the great stars of American swimming today. In Budapest, he is also favorite to defend his titles in the 50m, 100m freestyle, as well as the 50m and 100m butterfly.
Australians dominate in the women’s category
Australia, which was favorite, became world champion in the 4 x 100m relay in Budapest on Saturday, ahead of Canada and the United States, thanks to its swimmers Mollie O’Callaghan, Madison Wilson, Meg Harris and Shayna Jack .
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With a time of 3:30.95, the Australians beat their Canadian rivals by a big second (3:32.15) and the Americans by a second and a half (3:32.58).
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