The Women’s USA swimming team won the silver medal in the 4×100 meters freestyle relay. One of the members of that team was HAPA Natalie Coughlin. (Natalie is on the far left in the photo above.) Silver medalists United States had a great lead off leg from the experienced Natalie Coughlin, were steady through Lacey Nymeyer and Kara Lynn Joyce, and were brought home strongly by Dara Torres who recorded a slick 52.44 split to give the USA team a time of 3:34.33.
If you missed the action, you can see the women’s 4×100 meters freestyle relay here.
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Olympic Swimmer Natalie Coughlin talking Olympics