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[su_spacer size=”40″] Flickinger and Vreeland swam the second and fourth legs, respectively, of the women’s 4×200-meter freestyle relay at Nambu University Aquatics Center. The United States won with a time of 7:53.88, shattering the previous World University Games mark of 7:55.02.
[su_spacer size=”40″] China was second in 8:01.09 and Japan took third in 8:01.18.
[su_spacer size=”40″] The gold was the third of the Games for Vreeland, who completed her college eligibility after leading Georgia to its second straight NCAA title in 2014. Flickinger, a rising senior for the Lady Bulldogs, now has a gold and a bronze.