Hartlepool swimmer Jemma Lowe wins gold with Great Britain at European Championship
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The GB team tonight won the 4x100m relay title in Berlin, where they smashed the previous record of Australia by exactly two and a half seconds.
Britain’s qaurtet of Christopher Walker-Hebborn, Adam Peaty, Lowe and Fran Halsall clocked 3:44.02 for gold – Australia’s previous mark being 3:46.52 set earlier in 2014.
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Hide AdIt was a stunning effort by the Brits, Walker-Hebborn’s backstroke (53.68) being followed by Peaty’s super sub-minute breastroke (59.30), Lowe’s butterfly (57.51) and Halsall’s freestyle (53.53).
The Netherlands’ Bastiaan Lijesen (55.19), Bram Dekker (1:01.66), Inge Dekker (56.81) and Femke Heemskerk (52.27) took silver with a time of 3:45.93, also under the former world record.
Russia’s Vlad Morozov (53.81), Vitalina Simonova (1:07.33), Viacheslav Prudnikov (52.58) and Veronika Popova (53.62) placed third in 3:47.34.