DOHA, Qatar (AP) β Brazil set a world record to win the men’s 4×50-meter medley relay final on the second day of the short-course world championships Thursday, improving a mark that had been set hours earlier by Russia.
Brazil’s quartet of Guilherme Guido, Felipe Franca Silva, Nicholas Santos and Cesar Cielo finished in 1 minute, 30.51 seconds to take the gold and shave more than two seconds off the world record Russia had set in the morning heats at the Hamad Aquatic Centre.
This is the first time the event is staged at the worlds.
France was second in 1:31.25, with the United States third in 1:31.83. Russia settled for fourth place in 1:32.15.
