On a day when Australians often bested the U.S. in the swimming pool at the Paris Summer Olympics, four Americans seized gold from the Aussies in the men’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay.
The United States captured its first gold medal of the Paris Olympics on Saturday with a victory in the men’s 4-by-100 freestyle relay final.
The race pitted the U.S. against a powerhouse Australian foursome that took silver, while
Italy settled for bronze.
The Americans, led by veteran Caeleb Dressel, finished more than a second ahead of the Australians.
