Womens 4x100m freestyle relay claim Australias first golds YouTube

AUSTRALIA won its first gold medal of the London Olympics when the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay team swam out of their skins in a superb performance. Led off by Alicia Coutts, who earlier swam in the semi-finals of the women’s butterfly and made the final, Australia were third after the first change before Cate Campbell narrowed the gap to second. Teenager Brittany Elmslie put Australia in front with a blistering 53.41sec split before Melanie Schlanger hung on over a fast-finishing Netherlands with and the United States back in third. Australia won in 3:33.15 — which was a new Olympic record. The victory also means Libby Trickett added a fourth gold medal to her career tally after she swam in the morning heats. Schlanger said: “I can’t take the smile off my face. When I saw we were leading I thought ‘you can’t let the team down’.” Australia, London Olympics 2012, London Olympics 2012, 2012 Summer Olympcis, 2012 Summer Olympics Canada, London Olympics 2012, Summer Olympics, Australia 400-Meter Freestyle Relay, Australia 400-Meter Freestyle Relay Gold, Australia Gold Medal, Australia Gold Medal Swimming, London Olympcis 2012, Olympic 400-Meter Freestyle Relay, Olympic Women’s Swimming, Olympics 400-Meter Freestyle Relay, Olympics Swimming, Oylmpics, 2012 Summer Olympics Canada, Women’s 400-Meter Freestyle Relay, Women’s Swimming, Sports News