Yahoo Sports Team USA Swimming Closes Out 2024 Olympics with 3 More Medals — and 2 World Records!
Both the men's and women's 4x100-meter medley relays medaled in Paris — with the ladies taking first
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Regan Smith, Lilly King, Gretchen Walsh and Torri HuskeTeam USA's swimmers just finished their jam-packed 2024 Olympic Games with a little more hardware.
Bobby Finke earned Team USA's only men's individual gold in the 1500-meter freestyle on Sunday, Aug. 4, and set an impressive world record in the process. He came ahead of Italy and Ireland to maintain his status as the reigning 1500-meter champion after first winning gold in Tokyo 2020.
Team USA also earned medals in both the men's and women's 4x100-meter medley relay to end the night in Paris.
First, in a narrow race for the gold against China, the U.S. men ultimately finished second with a time 3:28.01. The Chinese swimmers were only .55 seconds ahead of the Americans — Ryan Murphy, Caeleb Dressel, Nic Fink and Hunter Armstrong — with Team France close behind in third.
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When the women took to the pool to close out the night, they, like Finke, also set a world record. Regan Smith, Lilly King, Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske earned a gold medal with a time of 3:49.63.
It was a comeback of sorts, as the women were silver in the 4x100-meter medley relay in Tokyo.
Overall, the U.S. swim team's total medal tally from these Games is 28 — with eight of those medals being first-place finishes.
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Team USA's Gretchen Walsh also competed on Sunday night, finishing fourth in the women's 50-meter freestyle behind swimmers from Sweden, Australia and China in first, second and third place.
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