USA wins duel in the pool
2011-12-19
Editorial Office
United States scored a runaway victory 181.5 points to 80.5 over Europe

The American hosts of the Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool scored a runaway victory 181.5 points to 80.5 over the Europe All-Stars in Atlanta's Georgia tech pool.

On Friday, the US team set a women’s 100m medley relay world mark. Natalie Coughlin, Rebecca Soni, Dana Vollmer and Missy Franklin clocked a time of 3:45.56. The previous mark of 3:47.97 was set by another American quartet at the 2009 Duel in Manchester.

The same day, Britain’s Elizabeth Simmonds won silver in the 200m backstroke in a new European record time of 2:00.83 improving her previous mark by 0.08s that she has set winning at the 2009 Duel.

All results available through Omega: Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool, Atlanta (USA)