Craig Lord from Beijing on swimnews on the swims from last night: 'Suit? What suit? Anyone seen a suit fly by? No, me neither.'Men's 4 x 100 freestyle relay.
Time to make the final in Beijing, Melbourne and Athens:
* 2008: 3:13.69
* 2007: 3:18.15
* 2004: 3:17.97
Impact of the Beijing heats on all-time top 20 - new entries 2008 time compared to nation's best in 2007:
* 1 3:12.23 USA 3:12.72
* 2 3:12.36 FRA 3:14.68
* 3 3:12.41 AUS 3:14.26
* 4 3:12.65 ITA 3:14.04
* 5 3:12.73 SWE 3:16.09
* 6 3:13.06 RSA 3:14.77
* 7 3:13.68 CAN 3:16.91
* 8 3:13.69 GBR 3:18.96
* 10 3:14.36 NED 3:19.36
* 12 3:15.41 NZL 3:21.73
* 15 3:16.16 CHN 3:18.94
* 16 3:16.80 SUI 3:19.22
* 19 3:17.28 JPN 3:18.83
That's 12th fastest all -time! After qualifying in 16th place on the last chance with an Olympic Trials time-trial, then having to wait until early June when William Benson hit his 'B' time, then nailbitingly waiting again until the final FINA deadline to ensure no-one else had bumped them off, the quartet excelled themselves last night by finishing 11th and breaking the NZ record by over 2 seconds.
Mark Herring 23.73, 49.73 (2007 flat start best 50.69)
Cameron Gibson 22.76, 48.07 (2007 flat start best 49.88)
William Benson 22.89, 48.65 (2007 flat start best 51.58)
Orinoco F-B 22.97, 48.96 (2007 flat start best 51.73)
Truly terrific. Cam's time was the 6th fastest from any team and bodes well for the medley relay.
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