Australia broke the world record to win the women's 4x100m medley relay gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games on Sunday.
The Australian quartet of Emily Seebohm, Leisel Jones, Jessican Schipper and Lisbeth Trickett clocked in 3:52.69 to break their world mark of 3:55.74 set up on March 31, 2007.
The United States got the silver in 3:53.30 and China won the bronze in 3:56.11.
(Xinhua News Agency August 17,2008)