Australia’s mixed 4x100m freestyle relay team broke the world record at swimming’s world championships on Saturday.

Australia clocked 3min, 18.83sec to take gold ahead of the United States on 3:20.82 and Britain on 3:21.68.

The time set by the team of Jack Cartwright, Kyle Chalmers, Shayna Jack and Mollie O’Callaghan beat the previous record of 3:19.38, set by the Australian team at last year’s world championships in Budapest.

More details on SportsDesk. 

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