• China's Yang Junxuan, Tang Muhan and Zhang Yufei were part of the winning 4x200-meter relay team on Thursday morning at Tokyo Aquatics Centre. | REUTERS
    China's Yang Junxuan, Tang Muhan and Zhang Yufei were part of the winning 4x200-meter relay team on Thursday morning at Tokyo Aquatics Centre. | REUTERS

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China’s women stunned the field to smash the world record and win the Olympic 4×200-meter relay title in a major upset Thursday.

The team of Yang Junxuan, Zhang Yufei, Li Bingjie and Tang Muhan touched in 7 minutes, 40.33 seconds ahead of the United States (7:40.73) and Australia (7:41.29).

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