Burckle bags 4-by-200 relay bronze

BEIJING – Caroline Burckle, a graduate of Sacred Heart Academy in Louisville, earned an Olympic bronze medal Thursday morning at the Water Cube.

Handling the third leg of the 4-by-200 freestyle relay, Burckle rallied the team from fourth place to third, and anchor Katie Hoff held on to secure the bronze medal.

Burckle combined with Allison Schmitt, Natalie Coughlin and Hoff to break the world record. But that still wasn’t enough to beat Australia or China.

Australia’s Stephanie Rice, Bronte Barratt, Kylie Palmer and Linda McKenzie finished in 7:44.31, shattering the world record of 7:50.09, set last year by the U.S.

China finished in an Asian-record 7:45.93 for silver. Then came a bronze-medal, American-record 7:46.33. Fourth-place Italy set a European record of 7:49.76.

 

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