The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Men's Swimming's Corbeau paces Netherlands to sixth in mixed 4x100 medley relay at Paris Olympics
08.03.2024 | Men's Swimming and Diving
Former Longhorn also helps Team Netherlands advance to Sunday’s men’s 4x100 medley relay final.
PARIS, France — Former University of Texas star Caspar Corbeau paced Team Netherlands to a sixth-place finish in the mixed 4x100-meter medley relay final on Saturday evening at the Paris Olympic Games inside Paris La Defense Arena. In addition, Corbeau also helped Team Netherlands qualify for the final of the men's 4x100-meter medley relay.
During Saturday night's mixed 4x100-meter medley relay final, Netherlands posted a time of 3:43.12 to finish in sixth place. Team USA won gold with a world-record time of 3:37.43, while China took silver in 3:37.55 and Australia claimed bronze with a mark of 3:38.76. Corbeau registered a split of 59.04 during his breaststroke leg of the final.
The University of Texas has registered a total of eight medals (one gold, four silver, three bronze) from its Men's and Women's Swimming teams through the first eight days of competition at the Paris Games. Rising junior Hubert Kos of Hungary claimed the gold medal in the 200 back, while rising sophomore Erin Gemmell anchored Team USA's 4x200 free relay to silver on Thursday. Corbeau (Netherlands) earned bronze in the 200 breast on Wednesday, and the trio of rising senior Luke Hobson and former Longhorns Carson Foster and Drew Kibler won silver for Team USA in the 4x200 free relay on Tuesday. Hobson also claimed bronze in the 200 free on Monday, and Foster won bronze in the 400 IM on Sunday.
During Saturday morning's prelims, rising senior David Johnston placed 18th in the heats of the 1500-meter freestyle with a mark of 15:10.64. Corbeau swam the second (breaststroke) leg for Team Netherlands in the 4x100 medley relay heats and led his quartet to the fourth-fastest time of the prelims with a mark of 3:31.80. France registered the top time of the prelims at 3:31.36. Corbeau posted a split of 58.94 during his breaststroke leg of the heats, the second-fastest breaststroke split of the morning prelims behind China's Haiyang Qin (58.51).
Evening Session Results
Mixed 4x100 medley relay final
6. Netherlands (Caspar Corbeau) 3:43.12
Morning Session Results
1500 free prelims
18. David Johnston 15:10.64
4x100 medley relay prelims
4. Netherlands (Caspar Corbeau) 3:31.80 Q
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