Another day, and another unbelievable gold medal for Great Britain’s swimmers at the Olympics. The team of Kathleen Dawson, Adam Peaty, James Guy, and Anna Hopkin set a new world record in the mixed 4x100m relay with a time of 3 minutes, 37.58 seconds.
4×100 Mixed Medley Relay World Record
It was Britain’s seventh swimming medal overall and their fourth gold of the week. That’s more than they earned at the Olympics from 1988 and 2016. Men wore wool bodysuits and waxed moustaches and women were banned from competing the last time the Games were this successful.
With a medal on Sunday, they will have had their best Olympic swimming performance ever. This mixed relay event was included in the Olympics for the first time, and as a result, teams used a wide variety of techniques as they tried to figure out what would give them the best chance of success.
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The United States, who appeared to have the best squad, were the only ones to put a man (Caeleb Dressel) on the final freestyle leg. After already setting a new world record in the 100-meter butterfly and advancing to the finals of the 50-meter freestyle earlier in the session, it was asking a lot of him to compete in another event.
Saying, “GB, that was insane,” he continued. Silver medalists China, and bronze winners Australia also chose active-duty military swimmers for their team. Due of their swimmers’ youth and vitality, the British team won the race.
This did not occur by chance. Guy was supposed to swim the 100-meter butterfly with Dressel, but he dropped out to focus on the relay. The gamble paid off when he posted a split of 50 seconds dead, putting his team in first place, but it cost him the opportunity to earn an individual medal.
A bronze medal would have been his if he had been able to run that time in the individual final from a standing start. He admitted that it pained to withdraw from the butterfly, but that the gold medal and world record were worth the sacrifice.
His ultimate sacrifice provided the team with an advantage over their strongest competitors. It also proved that it was the right call to bench Duncan Scott despite his red-hot play.
For the past decade, Peaty has raced alongside Jimmy. “Our team’s strength lies in the fact that we have a history and a camaraderie that no other group can match.” In 56.78 seconds, Peaty swam a lightning-fast breaststroke leg.
He easily outran 17-year-old US 100-meter champion Lydia Jacoby, who continued running despite losing her goggles. In other words, by the time Hopkin entered the pool for the final leg of the freestyle competition, she had a half-second advantage over China.
Hopkin swam superbly and crossed the finish line in under 52 seconds. He trains with Peaty and Mel Marshall. They gave me such a head start over the girls, she remarked, so she could continue to the finish line first.
Dressel, the best sprinter in the world, would have to settle for eighth place, six seconds behind the leaders. “There’s just so much going on there’s no point looking at anyone else,” Hopkin said. “I simply knew I was not going to lose that lead.”
“It’s really amazing to say I beat Caeleb Dressel,” she said.
It was Peaty’s third gold medal at the Olympics and his fourth overall. Dawson, who swam the opening backstroke leg, and Hopkin both noted that the team’s recent success can be directly attributed to Dawson and the example he sets for the rest of the swimmers.
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Certainly not that Peaty thought he deserved credit for it. It’s astonishing how the fortunes of British swimming have changed, and it’s all thanks to the efforts of those back home who have been looking for the 1% improvements that have made such a big difference.
Many folks deserve my gratitude. He talked about the people who had worked through the night to get Peaty the information he need.
It’s been challenging, but I’m hoping that this squad and all of British swimming will finally be recognised for their efforts. I think people finally get it now,” he stated. I’ve been at this for seven years now, since 2014, and to be honest, I never imagined we’d get to where we are as a team.
