(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-02-05 14:02

BEIJING - The Sweden foursome snatched away the gold of men's 4X100 meters freestyle with the swiftest time at the China Open here on Tuesday.

Sweden's first leg swimmer Petter Stymne splashed into the lead in the first 50 meters over Germany's Paul Biedermann. In the second leg, Helge Meeuw leapt into the lead for his German squad, but his teammates failed to keep the momentum against the harder-charging Swede in the final two legs.

Sweden's anchor leg Stefan Nystrand said at a press conference that the freestyle relay result was one of his best. "I'm swimming faster and faster and I hope I can win two golds at the Olympics," he said.

Stefan has already taken two golds in men's 50 meters and 100 meters freestyle at the tournament.

The Swede finished in 3 minutes 18.53 seconds. The German regimen was elbowed to the third by the Kazakhstan team, each clocking 3:26.62 and 3:25.44 respectively.