Gold medals have been hard to come by in the pool for Americans, but the most recent one came in grand style.
The mixed 4×100 medley relay team won the gold medal on Saturday by setting a world record.
Ryan Murphy, Gretchen Walsh, Nic Fink and Torri Huske swam the race in 3:37.43, breaking the world record by 15 hundredths of a second (China, at 3:37.55, also broke the previous world record, but came in second).
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Ryan Murphy of the USA competes during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Arena Paris La Defense in Nanterre. (SÉBASTIEN BOZON/AFP via Getty Images)
It was the sixth gold for the Americans in the pool. They are now one point behind Australia.
It's Huske's second gold at the Games. She also took home the women's 100m butterfly (Walsh won silver). Huske won silver in the women's 100m freestyle and the 4x100m freestyle relay, alongside Walsh.
This comes a day after the mixed 4x400m relay team set a world record in that event, but had to settle for the silver medal in Saturday's final.
Gretchen Walsh, Nic Fink and Ryan Murphy of Team USA celebrate after winning gold in a world record time in the 4x100m mixed medley relay final on day eight of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Paris La Defense Arena on August 3, 2024 in Nanterre, France. (Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)
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The event opened in Tokyo, with Great Britain, China and Australia taking the top three spots, respectively. The United States finished fifth with Murphy, Lydia Jacoby, Huske and eight-time gold medalist Caeleb Dressel.
The world record was the second gold of the day for the Americans in the pool, as Katie Ledecky had won her record ninth just minutes earlier in the 800m freestyle.
Americans Gretchen Walsh (right), Nic Fink (second right), Ryan Murphy (left) and Torri Huske (second left) celebrate after winning the 4x100m mixed medley relay swimming final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Paris La Defense Arena in Nanterre, west of Paris, on August 3, 2024. (SÉBASTIEN BOZON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Sunday will be the final day of Olympic swimming, with four medals still to be won (women's 50m freestyle, men's 1500m freestyle and men's and women's 4x100m medley).
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