Adrian starts 2016 Olympics with relay gold

United States' Nathan Adrian of Bremerton celebrates after winning the gold medal in the 4x100-meter freestyle final during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip )
United States’ Nathan Adrian of Bremerton celebrates after winning the gold medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle final during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip )

Bremerton’s Nathan Adrian dominated the anchor leg of the highly-anticipated 400 freestyle relay Sunday night at the Rio Olympics.

Adrian’s split time of 46.97 helped Team USA to gold in a time of 3:09.92 to beat out France, 3:10.53, and Australia 3:11.37.

The win also gives Michael Phelps his 19th gold of his career. Ryan Held and Caeleb Dressel earned their first relay wins.

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