Captured by D’Artagnan Dias.

Produced by Coleman Hodges.

Reported by Mitch Bowmile.

MEN’S 4X100M FREESTYLE RELAY FINAL

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Top Seed: 3:12.04 – Russia

World Record: 3:08.24 (2008) – USA

Olympic Record: 3:08.24 (2008) – USA

2012 Olympic Champion: 3:09.93 – France

The Americans finally were able to redeem themselves after losing the Olympic gold to the French at the 2012 Olympic Games.

Caeleb Dressel dove in for the States and got things started, not exactly leading, but putting them in the position they needed to be in the hunt for the gold. After Dressel, Michael Phelps dove in, and threw down a thunderous 47.12 split in order to put the Americans way out in front.

That split for Phelps is the fastest he’s ever been in his career, foreshadowing just how fast he could be this time around in his individual events.

Ryan Held kept things moving for the Yanks as he handed the reigns to Nathan Adrian. Adrian exploded on the final 50 to give the Americans the win in 3:09.92.

France was second in 3:10.53, Australia was third in 3:11.37