Team USA has set a new world record in the mixed 4×100-meter medley relay at the Paris Olympics.

The relay team, consisting of swimmers Gretchen Walsh, Ryan Murphy, Torri Huske, and Nic Fink, claimed the gold on Saturday, Aug. 3, while breaking the world record in the process.

Torri Huske (L) celebrates with US' Gretchen Walsh after winning the final of the women's 100m butterfly swimming event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Paris La Defense Arena in Nanterre, west of Paris, on July 28, 2024

The American swim team completed the relay race in 3:37.43, beating the previous world record holders, Great Britain, by 0.15 seconds. Great Britain had set the former record during the Tokyo Games.

China finished just behind the United States with a time of 3:37.55, with their team of swimmers: Xu Jiayu, Zhang Yufei, Qin Haiyang, and Yang Junxuan.

The bronze medal went to the Australian team: Kaylee McKeown, Joshua Young, Matthew Temple, and Mollie O’Callaghan, with a time of 3:38.76.

“Tonight has been great,” Walsh, 21, told reporters, including PEOPLE, after the race. The gold medalist, who also advanced to the women’s 50-meter freestyle semifinal after coming in fourth in Saturday’s heat, said the relay “was the biggest job I had tonight.”

Walsh expressed her pride in herself and her relay team for winning the gold and setting a world record while speaking to reporters at La Defense Arena in Paris.

“Everything we did, we got the world record, we got number one, we were on the podium with our gold. It was a pretty special moment and, I mean, shout out to these three teammates,” Walsh said of Murphy, Huske, and Fink, adding, “I wouldn’t be here without them.”

Walsh described the relay as “a pretty cool experience” before reporters turned their attention to Huske.

“This meeting has been great and this meant so much to me, the world record with these three is just unbelievable,” said Huske, who won gold on July 28 in the 100-meter race.

Huske said her teammates “make it so easy to be confident because they’re the best in the world,” and added, “I’m just so lucky that I get to have them by my side.”

Murphy told reporters after the race that his team “didn’t talk about the world record,” but all four American swimmers “know the potential of everyone on this relay” and were confident they could succeed as a group.

“Luckily, tonight everyone swam to their potential and we got that world record and got the win,” Murphy said.