23 HIGHLIGHTS OF A SWIMMING COMPETITION China Dominates Men s Final 4x100m Medley Relay at Paris 2024 The atmosphere at the D fence Arena in Paris is full of expectation, as we head into the final event of the men s program, the Olympic final in 4x100 medley relay. to head into: dirigersi verso There s a huge amount of pressure on these swimmers leading off this relay. The Olympic backstroke final silver and bronze medal winners Xu from China and Murphy from the USA are going head-to-head here. They want to get their teams off to a great start, as the stadium begins to fall silent for the start of this relay. to lead off: cominciare to go head-to-head: essere testa a testa to get one s team off to: portare la propria squadra verso Take your marks, says the speaker, and they start. take your marks: ai vostri posti The French crowd cheers their backstroke swimmer, in this first leg of the relay. NdoyeBrouard is going to need to be lifted: he finished seventh in the individual 100 metres backstroke final, as Xu, the Olympic silver medal winner strikes out at the front of this first anchor; alongside him Ryan Murphy in lane number three. In the second leg, it is Adam Peaty who now comes in for Great Britain. The greatest breaststrokers in the world at the moment are here, Adam Peaty, Nick Fink for the USA, Quin Haiyang for China. leg of the relay: frazione della staffetta to be lifted: essere incoraggiato to finish seventh: finire settimo to strike out at the front: partire in avanti anchor: frazione to come in: entrare in gioco China in front again at the start of the third leg. British Duncan Scott in fourth place at the moment, but France level now with China to level: allinearsi Maxime Grousset is doing the business for France and the French are inspired He missed out on a medal in the individual and he wants to have something to say about that in the relay today. He s going for his PB this year in this event at the age of 33. to do the business: portare a termine l impresa to miss out on a medal: perdere una medaglia PB (Personal Best): record personale stroke for stroke: bracciata dopo bracciata to take the race by second: vincere la gara per secondi metres to go: mancano metri to strike goal: realizzare l obiettivo What a race is this turning into! Now Hunter Armstrong is going in for the US in the last anchor in a terrific battle stroke for stroke with the French Florent Manaudou, but watch out for Pan. Huge world record for Pan in the individual, he took the race by over a second we re 15 metres to go and Manaudou is doing the best he can, but Pan is just too strong Pan strikes goal for China, silver for the United States, but this crowd will be delighted with a bronze medal for France, they had hoped it would be gold in this finish, but China were too strong in the closing phases. Adapted from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_6pIT22bXI, DOMINATION! | Men s Swimming 4x100m Medley Relay Highlights | #Paris2024 posted by Eurosport 48 TO GO