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IRVINE, California, August 21. THE U.S. had a bit of a scare as Japan's first two legs raced out to a big lead, but the U.S. backhalf had more than enough to win the men's 400 medley relay and give Team USA a relay sweep at the Pan Pacific Championships.
Junya Koga (53.87) and Kosuke Kitajima (59.18) put Japan in the lead, 1:53.05 to 1:54.36, over Aaron Peirsol (53.91) and Mark Gangloff (1:00.45) at the halfway mark, but Michael Phelps (50.58) made up the difference over Masayuki Kishida (52.07) and Nathan Adrian (47.54) put away the win over Takuro Fujii (48.78) in the anchor leg, 3:32.48 to 3:33.90.
Australia's Ashley Delaney, Christian Sprenger, Geoff Huegill and Kyle Richardson completed the podium with a third-place 3:35.55.
Brazil (3:36.86), Canada (3:37.01), New Zealand (3:38.69) and Korea (3:43.00) also fielded teams in the championship heat.
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