Netherlands win women’s freestyle relay
The Netherlands has won the gold medal in the women’s 4×100 meter freestyle. They set a new Olympic record of 3:33.76. The United States finished second and Australia third.
Germany started strong but ended up finishing fifth. China will be disappointed by finishing fourth and missing out on a medal.
Here is the Netherlands team:
Inge Dekker
Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Femke Heemskerk
Marleen Veldhuis
United States team -
Natalie Coughlin
Lacey Nymeyer
Kara Lynn Joyce
Dara Torres
Australia team -
Cate Campbell
Alice Mills
Melanie Schlanger
Lisbeth Trickett
Great stuff! The Netherlands put shame on both the Australians, but most importantly, on the US! When asked about their expectations on a pressconference prior to this race, both the Australian and the US coach made clear only to see eachother as serious competition. When asked by a Dutch reporter after the pressconference why he hadn’t talked about the worldrecord on this discipline, the US coach started to mutter something about the Australians being very good and a force to be reconed with…
The Dutch team were the worldrecord holders at that time…
Arrogance put to shame.
I LOVE IT!!!
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