Australia Breaks World Record to Win Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Olympic Gold

Australia broke the world record to win the women's 4x100m medley relay gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games on Sunday.

Players of Australian team celebrate during the final of women's 4x100m medley relay at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in the National Aquatics Center, also known as the Water Cube in Beijing, on August 17, 2008. Australian team won the gold medal with a new world record of 3 minutes 52.69 seconds.

The Australian quartet of Emily Seebohm, Leisel Jones, Jessican Schipper and Lisbeth Trickett clocked in 3:52.69 to break their world mark of 3:55.74 set up on March 31, 2007.

The United States got the silver in 3:53.30 and China won the bronze in 3:56.11.

(Xinhua News Agency August 17, 2008)