American Missy Franklin added an Olympic record and a second gold to her medal haul at the London 2012 Olympic Games on Wednesday evening. Wholesale NHL Jerseys . The 17-year-old swam the opening leg of the womens 4x200-metre relay, setting up teammates Dana Vollmer , Shannon Vreeland and Allison Schmitt to claim gold. Their final time of seven minutes, 42.92 seconds lowered the Olympic record by 1.39 seconds. "I just tried to get to the wall as fast as I could," Franklin said. The medal was her third of the Games; she won gold in the womens 100m backstroke on Monday and contributed to Team USAs third-place finish in Saturdays 4x100m freestyle relay. Franklin is the first female American swimmer to have qualified for seven Olympic events. Wednesdays gold also marked Vollmer and Schmitts second win of Londons Games. Australia finished second, while France was third. Canadas young 4x200-metre freestyle relay team fell just short of the podium, finishing fourth in 7:50.65. Competing with an average age of under-20, the four Olympic rookies -- Barbara Jardin , Samantha Cheverton , Amanda Reason and Brittany MacLean -- swam to Canadas best-ever Olympic finish in the event. "Third place would have been really great but at the same time we were fourth at the Olympics," said Jardin, who swam Canadas opening leg. The team finished seventh-place swim at the World Championships last year. "We definitely took a step up, there," Jardin added. "I think were all really happy with the time." The Americans and Australians battled it out for much of the race, trading positions at almost every turn. "I knew it was going to be close," said Allison Schmitt, who swam the anchor leg for the United States. "I was just trying to swim my own race and save legs on that first 50m... and bring it home strong for the U.S." She pulled away at the last, winning gold by almost two seconds. The medal marked the eighth swimming gold for the United States. 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