An American swimmer has been suspended from the Chinese women's 800-meter free relay at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics due to a doping violation by a relay member.
This means the Chinese will be stripped of their gold medal and world record time of 7:40.33.Athletes were not told who tested positive, but members of the relay Yang Junxuan, Tan Muhan, Zhang Yufeiand Lee Bingjie finals and Dongjie and Zhang Yifan During qualifying.
The American relay took second place with a time of 7:40.73, faster than Australia's previous world record of 7:41.50. Australia subsequently lowered the world record to 7 minutes 37.50 seconds, but in theory the American finalist quartet should have a retroactive world record.
The final relay was allison schmidt, paige madden, katie mcloughlinand katie ledecky.Swimming legs during heat bella sims and brook ford.
It will work after confirmation katie ledecky's Olympic medal count went from seven gold and three silver to eight gold and two silver. She becomes one of only 15 people in history to win eight or more gold medals.
With this win, the United States won its 12th gold medal of the tournament, widening its lead over Australia.
The Australians, who had originally won bronze with an Oceanian record of 7:41.29, were promoted to silver, while the Canadians, who had originally placed fourth with a national record of 7:43.77, were promoted to bronze.
