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Olympic medal: M 400m relay

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Clement Lefert (L) Amaury Leveaux and Fabien Gilot of the French 4 X 100M Freestyle Relay team react after their team won a Gold Medal in the final with a time of 3:09.93 at the London 2012 Summer Olympics on July 29, 2012 in Stratford, London. Yannick Agnel swam the anchor position. UPI/Brian Kersey
Clement Lefert (L) Amaury Leveaux and Fabien Gilot of the French 4 X 100M Freestyle Relay team react after their team won a Gold Medal in the final with a time of 3:09.93 at the London 2012 Summer Olympics on July 29, 2012 in Stratford, London. Yannick Agnel swam the anchor position. UPI/Brian Kersey 
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Published: July 29, 2012 at 4:17 PM

LONDON, July 29 (UPI) -- France won the Olympic gold medal Sunday in the men's 400-meter freestyle relay, coming behind in the final leg to edge the United States.

The Americans, with Michael Phelps swimming the second leg of the relay and giving his team a substantial lead, took the silver and Russia won the bronze.

The silver medal won by Phelps moves him within one of equaling the all-time Olympic medal total of 18.

Topics: Michael Phelps
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