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Gold Medal Minute: Ricky Berens

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FINA World Championships, Swimming: Flash! United States Clips World Record in Men's 800 Free Relay
It came down to the touch, but the United States was able to beat the men's 800 free relay world record by the slimmest of margins at the FINA World Championships.

The team of Michael Phelps (1:44.49), Ricky Berens (1:44.13), David Walters (1:45.47) and Ryan Lochte (1:44.46) clocked a time of 6:58.55 to win the world title, and claim the world record.

Nearly the same team set the global mark at 6:58.56 at the 2008 Beijing Olympics as Phelps (1:43.31), Lochte (1:44.28), Berens (1:46.29) and Peter Vanderkaay (1:44.68) topped the event last summer.

FINA World Championships, Swimming: United States, Japan Tie for Top Seed in Men's 800 Free Relay
It came down to the wire, and not even 800 meters could decide the top seed in the men's 800 free relay at the FINA World Championships.

The U.S. and Japan tied with matching 7:03.30s in the final heat of prelims in the relay, as the two teams nearly beat the meet record of 7:03.24 set by the U.S. in 2007.

Ricky Berens (1:44.95), Dan Madwed (1:45.63), Davis Tarwater (1:47.94) and Peter Vanderkaay (1:44.78) made up the U.S. time, while Shogo Hihara (1:46.75), Yoshihiro Okumura (1:44.73), Shunsuke Kuzuhara (1:46.41) and Takeshi Matsuda (1:45.41) comprised the Japanese relay.

Men's 4x 200m Freestyle
1 United States of America 6:58.55 WR
PHELPS Michael 1:44.49 (2) 1:44.49
BERENS Ricky 1:44.13 (1) 3:28.62
WALTERS David 1:45.47 (1) 5:14.09
LOCHTE Ryan 1:44.46 (1) 6:58.55
2 Russia 6:59.15
3 Australia 7:01.65
4 Japan 7:02.26
5 Germany 7:03.19
6 Italy 7:03.48
7 Great Britain 7:05.67
8 South Africa 7:08.51

Men's 4x200m Freestyle
1 United States of America 7:03.30
BERENS Ricky 1:44.95
MADWED Daniel 3:30.58
TARWATER Davis 5:18.52
VANDERKAAY Peter 7:03.30
1 Japan 7:03.30
3 Australia 7:05.56
4 Germany 7:05.62
5 Great Britain 7:06.11
6 Russia 7:06.44
7 South Africa 7:08.01
8 Italy 7:08.07

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