M4x100 Free: USA Keep Long Winning Tradition On Track in 3:09
Gold goes to a nation that boasts a record 7 successive Olympic golds - 1964-1996 (event not held 1976, 1980) - and has now claimed its 11th victory since 1964.
The USA men's 4x100m free kept a long tradition up to scratch to win the sprint relay for the third successive time and deliver their nation's first gold of the Games.
There'd been much talk of threats to the USA but today was not the day that any rival looked capable of usurping a nation that boasts a record 7 successive Olympic golds - 1964-1996 (event not held 1976, 1980) - and has now claimed its 11th victory since 1964.
The latest quartet to grace the club are Jack Alexy (47.67), Chris Guiliano (47.33), Hunter Armstrong (46.75) and Caeleb Dressel (47.53).
On 3:09.28, the USA enjoyed a margin of victory of more than a second thread of Australia, with Italy third a fraction away, China and Great Britain never out of the fight but never really in it either:
