France upset favorites the United States and Australia to win the 4x100-meter freestyle relay at the London Olympics on Sunday.
France clocked 3 minutes, 9.93 seconds, and the Americans settled for silver in 3:10.38. The Americans led all the way until Yannick Agnel pulled ahead of Ryan Lochte in the final lap.
Michael Phelps and Lochte were swimming for the U.S. hoping to take down the favored Aussies.
The American coaches made the change to send Nathan Adrian on the first leg, followed by Phleps and Cullen Jones, with Lochte going on the anchor leg.
Lochte was a late addition to the roster and was not able to power past France as the team did in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Phelps was impressive in his leg, but it was not enough to emerge victorious.
This is the second medal for Locthe, who took the gold in the 400m individual medley on Saturday.
The silver medal for Phelps was his 17th in the Olympics, one behind the all-time record of Larisa Latynina, a Soviet gymnast.
Russia took bronze in 3:11.41, while pre=race favorite Australia was fourth.
It was sweet revenge for the French, who lost a close race to the Americans in Beijing four years ago.
