American men set world record in short-course relay
Break former mark also held by Americans
The men's 4x100-metre freestyle relay team from the United States set a world record Tuesday in winning gold at the world short-course swimming championships.
Two-time Olympic gold medallist Caeleb Dressel, who set an American record on the first leg, gold medallist Blake Pieroni, Michael Chadwick and gold medallist Ryan Held had a time of 3 minutes, 03.03 seconds, beating the old mark also held by the U.S. of 3:03.30 set in December 2009.
CBC Sports has live daily stream coverage of the semifinals and finals of the event in Hangzhous, China, beginning 6 a.m. ET Wednesday through Sunday.
The American women's team also won gold in the same event. Olympic gold medallist Olivia Smoliga, Lia Neal, Mallory Comerford and Olympic gold medallist Kelsi Dahlia finished their relay in 3:27.78, ahead of Netherlands in 3:28.02 and China in 3:30.92.
Australian Ariarne Titmus won gold in the 200 freestyle in 1:51.38, with Comerford second, while Japan's Daiya Seto upset Chad le Clos in the 200 butterfly.
Seto, who won bronze in the 400 individual medley at the 2016 Olympics, held off le Clos down the stretch to win in 1:48.24, with the South African second.
Hungary's Katinka Hosszu, a triple gold medallist at Rio in 2016, won the women's 400 IM in 4:21.40. American Melanie Margalis took silver, more than four seconds behind.