Cate and Bronte Campbell lead Australia to Olympic 4x100m freestyle relay gold
Australia has completed a golden first night in the pool at the Rio Olympics, with two stunning legs from the Campbell sisters setting up victory in the 4x100 metres freestyle final and breaking the world record.
Less than an hour after Mack Horton had given Australia its first gold medal of the Olympics in the 400m freestyle, the team of Cate and Bronte Campbell, Emma McKeon and Brittany Elmslie set a world mark of 3:30.65 to defend the title won at the 2012 London Games.
The previous world record of 3:30.98 had belonged to Australia, with the Campbell sisters among the quartet that set that mark at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow 2014.
"It doesn't get better than that," Bronte said.
"There is nothing better than this in our sport, this is it, and I can't believe we finally achieved it after all these years of dreaming of it.
The previous world record of 3:30.98 had belonged to Australia, with the Campbell sisters among the quartet that set that mark at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow 2014.
"It doesn't get better than that," Bronte said.
"There is nothing better than this in our sport, this is it, and I can't believe we finally achieved it after all these years of dreaming of it.
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