Tokyo Olympics: China break world record to win women's 4x200m freestyle relay gold
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China broke the world record held by Australia since 2019
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China held off a late surge by the USA to win the women's 4x200m freestyle relay in a world-record time at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday.
The Chinese touched home in seven minutes 40.33 seconds, beating the record held by Australia by 1:17.
USA (7:40.73) took the silver medal while the bronze went to Australia (7:41.29).
The race completed a successful morning for China after Zhang Yufei's dominant display in the women's 200m butterfly.
The 23-year-old set a new Olympic record with a time of 2:03.86, while USA's Regan Smith won silver and team-mate Hali Flickinger took the bronze medal.