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Paris Olympics: Swimming

Australian swimmers celebrate after winning gold in the women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 1, 2024, at La Defense Arena in Nanterre, near Paris.

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Asian Games: Swimming

(From L) Japanese swimmers Miyu Namba, Waka Kobori, Nagisa Ikemoto and Rio Shirai celebrate during a medal ceremony after finishing second in the women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 28, 2023.

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Asian Games: Swimming

(From L) Japanese swimmers Miyu Namba, Waka Kobori, Nagisa Ikemoto and Rio Shirai pose for photos after winning silver in the women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 28, 2023.

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Asian Games: Swimming

(From L) Japanese swimmers Rio Shirai, Nagisa Ikemoto, Waka Kobori and Miyu Namba pose for photos after winning silver in the women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 28, 2023.

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Asian Games: Swimming

Japan's Rio Shirai swims in the first leg of the women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 28, 2023.

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Asian Games: Swimming

Japan's Nagisa Ikemoto swims in the second leg of the women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 28, 2023.

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Asian Games: Swimming

Japan's Waka Kobori swims in the third leg of the women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 28, 2023.

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Asian Games: Swimming

Japan's Miyu Namba swims in the final leg of the women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 28, 2023.

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Asian Games: Swimming

Japan anchor Miyu Namba (bottom) shakes hands with her fellow team members after the women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay swimming final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 28, 2023.

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Asian Games: Swimming

Japanese swimmer Taikan Tanaka starts in the men's 4x200-meter freestyle relay at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 25, 2023.

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Australia wins women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay

BEJING, China - Members of the Australian women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay team -- (from L to R in back) Kylie Palmer, Bronte Barratt, Stephanie Rice and final leg swimmer Linda Mackenzie (foreground) -- celebrate after winning the race with a new world record of 7:44.31 at the Beijing Olympic Games at the National Indoor Stadium in Beijing on Aug. 14.

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U.S. wins men's 4x200 freestyle relay in world record time

BEIJING, China - Michael Phelps (2nd from R) and his teammates celebrate after winning the men's 4x200-meter freestyle relay at the Beijing Olympics with a world record time of 6 minutes, 58.56 seconds at the Water Cube in Beijing on Aug. 13

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Australia wins relay gold in world record at swimming worlds

FUKUOKA, Japan - Australia's Ian Thorpe dives into the pool to swim the last leg of the men's 4x200-meter freestyle relay final at the swimming world championships at Marine Messe Fukuoka on July 27. Thorpe secured his fifth gold medal of the championships by anchoring world and Olympic champions Australia to victory in the final in world record time of 7:04.66.

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U.S., Australia disqualified in women's 4x200-meter

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japan's women's 4x200-meter freestyle swimming team hold up their bronze medals at Marine Messe Fukuoka on July 26 after world swimming body FINA disqualified Australia and the United States in the July 25 event at the swimming world championships. Britain won the gold and Germany took silver following the Jury of Appeal's unanimous decision on disqualification after the Australians broke FINA rules by jumping into the pool before the end of the race and an American swimmer had taken off too early.

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Tokyo Olympics: Swimming

Swimmers of the Chinese women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay team celebrate after winning in a world record time at the Tokyo Olympics on July 29, 2021, at Tokyo Aquatics Centre. (Kyodo)(SELECTION) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympics: Swimming

Swimmers of the Chinese women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay team celebrate after winning in a world record time at the Tokyo Olympics on July 29, 2021, at Tokyo Aquatics Centre. (Kyodo)(SELECTION) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympics: Swimming

Swimmers of the Chinese women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay team celebrate after winning in a world record time at the Tokyo Olympics on July 29, 2021, at Tokyo Aquatics Centre. (Kyodo)(SELECTION) ==Kyodo

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U.S., Australia disqualified in women's 4x200-meter

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japan's women's 4x200-meter freestyle swimming team hold up their bronze medals at Marine Messe Fukuoka on July 26 after world swimming body FINA disqualified Australia and the United States in the July 25 event at the swimming world championships. Britain won the gold and Germany took silver following the Jury of Appeal's unanimous decision on disqualification after the Australians broke FINA rules by jumping into the pool before the end of the race and an American swimmer had taken off too early.

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Australia wins women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay

BEJING, China - Members of the Australian women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay team -- (from L to R in back) Kylie Palmer, Bronte Barratt, Stephanie Rice and final leg swimmer Linda Mackenzie (foreground) -- celebrate after winning the race with a new world record of 7:44.31 at the Beijing Olympic Games at the National Indoor Stadium in Beijing on Aug. 14. (Kyodo)

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U.S. wins men's 4x200 freestyle relay in world record time

BEIJING, China - Michael Phelps (2nd from R) and his teammates celebrate after winning the men's 4x200-meter freestyle relay at the Beijing Olympics with a world record time of 6 minutes, 58.56 seconds at the Water Cube in Beijing on Aug. 13 (Kyodo)

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Swimming: Japan's Sakata at Asian Games

Reo Sakata of Japan competes en route to his team's victory in the men's 4x200-meter freestyle relay at the Asian Games in Jakarta on Aug. 20, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Women's 4x200 relay team 5th at worlds with new Japan record

The Japanese women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay team celebrates on July 27, 2017, after finishing fifth in the final in a new Japan record of 7 minutes, 50.43 seconds at the world swimming championships in Budapest. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Women's 4x200 relay team 5th at worlds with new Japan record

The Japanese women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay team celebrates on July 27, 2017, after finishing fifth in the final in a new Japan record of 7 minutes, 50.43 seconds at the world swimming championships in Budapest. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Women's 4x200 relay team 5th at worlds with new Japan record

The Japanese women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay team -- (from L) Aya Takano, Tomomi Aoki, Rikako Ikee and Chihiro Igarashi -- pose for photos on July 27, 2017, after finishing fifth in the final in a new Japan record of 7 minutes, 50.43 seconds at the world swimming championships in Budapest. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swimming: 4-time Olympic medalist Matsuda ends career in tears

Japanese swimmer Takeshi Matsuda attends a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2016, putting an end to his career in which he won four Olympic medals, including the country's first in the men's 4x200-meter freestyle relay in 52 years at the Rio Games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swimming: 4-time Olympic medalist Matsuda ends career in tears

Japanese swimmer Takeshi Matsuda attends a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2016, putting an end to his career in which he won four Olympic medals, including the country's first in the men's 4x200-meter freestyle relay in 52 years at the Rio Games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swimming: Olympic medalist Matsuda to retire

Japanese swimmer Takeshi Matsuda talks about his retirement at the Miyazaki prefectural government building on Sept. 2, 2016. The 32-year-old Miyazaki native, a member of the bronze-winning men's 4x200-meter freestyle relay team at the Rio Olympics, said he will retire after competing at a national meet in Iwate Prefecture on Sept. 9. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan wins bronze in men's 800M freestyle relay

Members of the Japanese men's 4x200 meter freestyle relay team -- (From L) Takeshi Matsuda, Yuki Kobori, Naito Ehara and Kosuke Hagino -- celebrate on Aug. 10, 2016, winning the bronze medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Japan 3rd in men's 800M freestyle relay

Members of the Japanese men's 4x200 meter freestyle relay team -- (From L) Kosuke Hagino, Yuki Kobori, Naito Ehara and Takeshi Matsuda (in water)-- celebrate after winning the bronze medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 9, 2016. Japan obtained the first medal in the event since the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Japan 3rd in men's 800M freestyle relay

Members of the Japanese men's 4x200 meter freestyle relay team -- (From L) Kosuke Hagino, Yuki Kobori, Naito Ehara and Takeshi Matsuda (in water)-- celebrate after winning the bronze medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 9, 2016. Japan obtained the first medal in the event since the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Japan 3rd in men's 800M freestyle relay

Members of the Japanese men's 4x200 meter freestyle relay team -- (From L) Kosuke Hagino, Yuki Kobori, Naito Ehara and Takeshi Matsuda (in water)-- celebrate after winning the bronze medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 9, 2016. Japan obtained the first medal in the event since the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Phelps extends Olympic gold tally to 21

Michael Phelps (L) of the United States poses for photos after winning the men's 4x200-meter freestyle relay with teammates Ryan Lochte (2nd from L), Francis Haas (2nd from R) and Conor Dwyer, bringing his record career haul of Olympic gold medals to 21, at the Rio de Janeiro Games on Aug. 9, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Australia wins relay gold in world record at swimming worlds

FUKUOKA, Japan - Australia's Ian Thorpe dives into the pool to swim the last leg of the men's 4x200-meter freestyle relay final at the swimming world championships at Marine Messe Fukuoka on July 27. Thorpe secured his fifth gold medal of the championships by anchoring world and Olympic champions Australia to victory in the final in world record time of 7:04.66.