FINA World Championships: American girls win freestyle swim relay gold

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Barcelona, July 29 (IANS)

Gold Medal winners Megan Romano, Shannon Vreeland, Natalie Coughlin and Missy Franklin of the USA celebrate on the podium after the Swimming Women’s 4x100m Freestyle on day nine of the 15th FINA World Championships at Palau Sant Jordi on July 28, 2013 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

The US women’s relay team won the gold medal in the 4×100 freestyle relay in the 15th FINA World Championships for swimming being held here at the Palau Sant Jordi.

The US team finished the race in 3:32.31 minutes followed by Australia, who clocked 3:32.43 mins here Sunday, reports Xinhua. The Netherlands finished third at 3:35.77 mins.

Megan Romano, Shannon Vreeland, Natalie Coughlin and Missy Franklin swam under the time of 54 seconds each in the US team.

Australia won gold medal in the London Olympics and were commanded in Barcelona by Cate Campbell, who hold the best record this season.

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