France won the men’s 4x100m medley relay gold at swimming’s world championships on Sunday with Australia second and Japan third after defending champions USA were disqualified.
Although Nathan Adrian of the USA touched the wall first, judges ruled Kevin Cordes had dived in too early on the second leg, causing the disqualification.
The French quartet clocked 3min 31.51sec with Australia at 0.13 back and Japan at 0.75 adrift.
USA disqualified, France win men's 4x100m medley relay
