Emily Seebohm Scorches 4th Fastest 100 Back Time at 2015 FINA World Championships

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Emily Seebohm led an Australian 1-2 in the women’s 100-meter backstroke finals at the 2015 FINA World Championships.

Seebohm claimed her second gold of the meet with a sizzling 58.26 in the finale for her first individual world title in long course competition. She now owns six career world medals with two golds, three silvers and a bronze.

That’s the fourth-fastest 100 back of all time.

All Time 100 Back

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Madison Wilson checked in with a silver-winning time of 58.75, while Denmark’s Mie Nielsen managed to claim bronze in 58.86.

China’s Fu Yuanhui wound up fourth in 59.02, while Olympic champion Missy Franklin settled for fifth in 59.40 after a bad start that led to her turning last with a 29.20 initial split.

Russia’s Anastasia Fesikova (59.66), Great Britain’s Lauren Quigley (59.78) and USA’s Kathleen Baker (59.99) closed out the all sub-1:00 finale.

SCHEDULED EVENTS

Men’s 200 free finals
Women’s 100 back finals
Men’s 50 breast semis
Women’s 1500 free finals
Men’s 100 back finals
Women’s 200 free semis
Men’s 200 fly semis
Women’s 100 breast finals

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Oppy Wiria Atmanto

8 years ago

Amaizing