TOKYO: China’s women stunned the field to smash the world record and win the Olympic 4x200m relay title in a major upset Thursday.
The team of Yang Junxuan, Zhang Yufei, Li Bingjie and Tang Muhan touched in 7:40.33s seconds ahead of the US (7:40.73s) and Australia (7:41.29s).
All three teams were under the previous world time of 7:41.50s set by Australia at the 2019 World Championships.