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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Georgias Allison Schmitt and Melanie Margalis earned gold medals and Brittany MacLean picked up a bronze as members of 4x200-meter freestyle relays on Wednesday at the Olympics. Markelle Fultz Jersey .Schmitt joined basketball standout Teresa Edwards as the top Georgia performers all-time with four Olympic gold medals each. Schmitt extended her own school mark as she picked up her eighth Olympic medal (four gold, two silver and two bronze medals) in her third Games.Serving as one of the teams captains, Schmitt led off the United States relay - which also featured Leah Smith, Mya DiRado and Katie Ledecky - to open Wednesdays finals. The relay stopped the clock in 7:43.03 to outdistance Australia (7:44.87). Schmitt anchored the gold medal-winning relay at the 2012 Games in London.I had no doubt, Schmitt said. I had complete faith in these three girls. I was just going out to try my best. ... We like to have fun. A happy swimmer is a fast swimmer.Its fantastic to have Schmitty on the team this year and see her swimming so well, Ledecky said. I dont know, I think we were all swimming for Schmitty.I knew Schmitty was going to throw down an awesome leg, Smith said. I watched her in prelims and she fired all of us up.In Wednesdays preliminaries, Schmitt led off and Margalis swam the third leg as the United States posted a time of 7:45.37. Margalis earned the gold medal, her first, by virtue of competing in the prelims.Schmitt and Margalis ended their Georgia careers in 2013 and 2014, respectively.MacLean came in third on Canadas 4x200-meter freestyle relay in 7:45.39 to earn the bronze, her first Olympic medal. It was also Team Canadas first-ever medal in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay. MacLean, who swam the third leg on Thursday, is appearing in her second Olympics for Canada. She capped her Georgia career in 2016 by leading the Lady Bulldogs to their third NCAA title in four seasons.In the 200-meter butterfly finals, Hali Flickinger of the United States came in seventh in 2:07.71. Like MacLean, Flickinger finished her Georgia career in 2016.Competing for Canada, rising senior Chantal Van Landeghem came in 10th in the 100-meter freestyle. Van Landeghem reached the wall in 54.00. Ersan Ilyasova Jersey . Miller finished in two minutes, 6.09 seconds, one day before the first medal race on the Alpine schedule. The 36-year-old American also turned in the top time in Thursdays opening training session. Cheap 76ers Jerseys China . It was just business as usual for the Thunder at home. Durant scored 32 points and the Thunder beat the Bulls 107-95 on Thursday night for their eighth straight win. http://www.cheap76ersjerseys.com/?tag=ch...anderson-jersey . - After leading the Saints to a fourth playoff appearance in five seasons, Drew Brees expressed confidence in the direction of his team and, perhaps more importantly, showed a willingness to listen to contract proposals if the team needs his help getting under the NFLs salary cap. ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Texas Rangers and Atlanta Braves have completed a trade involving three young pitchers.AL West champion Texas on Thursday acquired right-hander Tyrell Jenkins and minor league left-hander Brady Feigl from the Braves in exchange for right-hander Luke Jackson.Jenkins, a 24-year-old who made his major league debut with 14 appearances for the Braves last season, was put on the Rangers 40-man roster.Feigl, who turns 26 later this month, spent all of 22016 on the disabled list at Triple-A Gwinnett while recovering from Tommy John surgery in April 2015. Charles Barkley Jersey. The Rangers assigned him to their Double-A Frisco roster.Jackson pitched for the Rangers in each of the past two seasons. The 25-year-old righty has given up 17 earned runs over 18 innings in 15 career appearances in the majors. Cheap NFL Gear Wholesale Black NFL Jerseys Stitched NFL Jerseys China Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Wholesale China Jerseys Cheap Jerseys 2019 ' ' '