Viktoria Zeynep Gunes Dominates Women’s 50 Breast at 2015 FINA World Junior Championships

Photo Courtesy: Singapore Swimming Federation

Turkey’s Viktoria Zeynep Gunes dominated the women’s 50-meter breast en route to a win at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.

Gunes, who already put up a sixth-ranked 30.55 yesterday, continued to be the only consistent performer under 31 seconds as she charged to victory tonight in 30.78.

That time along would have ranked her among the top 15 in the world.

Sweden’s Sophie Hansson took silver with a time of 31.18, while Great Britain’s Katie Matts wound up third overall in 31.66.

USA just missed the podium as Kennedy Lohman (31.78) and Nikol Popov (31.88) finished fourth and fifth.

Russia’s Mariia Astashkina (31.92), Japan’s Yukino Miyasaka (31.95) and Australia’s Ella Bond (31.98) placed sixth through eighth to comprise the rest of the finale.

SCHEDULED EVENTS

Men’s 100 back finals
Women’s 200 fly finals
Men’s 200 free finals
Women’s 50 breast finals
Men’s 100 fly semis
Women’s 100 free semis
Men’s 100 breast finals
Women’s 100 back finals
Men’s 200 IM finals
Women’s 800 free finals
Mixed 400 medley relay finals

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