Canada wins gold in 4×200-metre freestyle relay at short-course worlds
WINDSOR, Ont. — Canada won gold in the women’s 4×200-metre relay in commanding fashion on Saturday night at the FINA short-course world swimming championships.
The Canadian women’s team of Katerine Savard of Pont-Rouge, Que., Taylor Ruck of Kelowna, B.C., Kennedy Goss of Toronto and breakout Olympic star Penny Oleksiak, also of Toronto, finished first in a Canadian record seven minutes 33.89 seconds — more than ten seconds under the previous national record set in 2009.
The United States finished second, 4.76 seconds off the Canadians. Russia was third in 7:39.93.
“We knew the other teams would be strong, but we’re not really surprised we went as fast as we did,” said the 16-year-old Oleksiak, who was on the 4×200 freestyle relay that won bronze this summer at the Rio Games in 7:45.39.