Canada's swim team secured another medal opportunity at the World Aquatics Championships on Thursday morning in Fukuoka, Japan, with the women's 4x200-metre freestyle relay squad advancing to the final.
Ella Jansen, Emma O'Croinin, Brooklyn Douthwright and Katerine Savard finished third in the second and final heat with a time of seven minutes 54.73 seconds, the sixth-fastest out of the 18 teams competing.
The top eight advanced to the final, which is scheduled for Thursday at 8:45 a.m. ET at the Marine Messe Fukuoka. Jansen gave the Canadians a strong start, while the veteran Savard brought it home on the anchor leg to book their spot in the final.
Savard, 30, won bronze in the event at last year's worlds and the 2016 Olympics in Rio. WATCH | Replay of Day 5 swimming prelims at World Aquatics Championships: Hugh McNeill, making his worlds debut, got things started for Canada on Thursday morning by advancing to the men's 200m backstroke semifinals.