Tosky, Hoff and Franklin of U.S. celebrate their first place in women's 4 X 200m freestyle final at 14th FINA World Championships in Shanghai
Jasmine Tosky, Kathryn Hoff and Melissa Franklin (L-R) of the U.S. celebrate their first place in the women's 4 X 200m freestyle final at the 14th FINA World Championships in Shanghai July 28, 2011. Reuters

The United States won the women's 4x200 meters freestyle relay title at the world swimming championships Thursday.

The U.S. quartet of Melissa Franklin, Dagny Knutson, Katie Hoff and Allison Schmitt clocked seven minutes, 46.14 seconds to claim gold ahead of Australia who took silver in 7:47.42, while China won bronze in 7:47.66.

Gold China Australia Silver