From right, United States' Missy Franklin, Dana Vollmer, Shannon Vreeland and Allison Schmitt pose with their gold medals during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Updated: Thursday, 02 Aug 2012, 11:13 AM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 01 Aug 2012, 5:22 PM EDT
LONDON (AP) — Allison Schmitt pushed the United States in front in the anchor leg to win the 4x200-meter freestyle relay at the London Olympics on Wednesday.
The Americans, whose team included Missy Franklin, of Centennial, Colo., and Alyssa Anderson, of Granite Bay, Calif., clocked an Olympic-record 7 minutes, 42.92 seconds.
Australia led by a half-second entering the anchor leg but had to settle for silver in 7:44.41.
France touched third in 7:47.49.
Jay Bruce hit a tiebreaking homer and drove in two runs to back Johnny Cueto's …
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