Barrier-Breaking World Record for Mireia Belmonte Garcia in 200 Fly at Worlds – Video

Mireia Belmonte Garcia Doha 2014 200 Fly World Record

DOHA – Spain’s Mireira Belmonte Garcia pulled off the first upset as she overtook defending champion Katinka Hosszu down the stretch to win the women’s 200-meter fly with a barrier-breaking world record. Watch Race Video Here

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Women’s 200 fly

Spain’s Mireira Belmonte Garcia pulled off the first upset as she overtook defending champion Katinka Hosszu down the stretch to win the women’s 200-meter fly.

Not only did Mireira Belmonte Garcia wind up beating Hosszu by more than a second, she also became the first woman under 2:00 in history with a barrier-breaking world record of 1:59.61.

That swim cut more than a second off Liu Zige’s world record of 2:00.78 set in Berlin on the 2009 FINA World Cup tour.

With the win, Belmonte Garcia reclaimed her world title from 2010 after not medaling in 2012.

Belmonte Garcia is the third swimmer to win two world short course titles in the 200 fly. She joins Denmark’s Mette Jacobsen (1999, 2000) and China’s Liu Limin (1993, 1997).

Zige’s record was the second-longest standing women’s short course world record. Australia’s Libby Trickett’s 100-meter free mark of 51.01 from August of 2009 is the oldest on the books.

Hosszu, who went out a full second under world-record pace at the 100 with a 57.39, began to falter on the back half as Belmonte Garcia outsplit her the rest of the way, including a huge final split difference of 30.65 to 32.72. Hosszu settled for silver with a 2:01.12, also under her previous meet record of 2:02.20 from 2012.

Germany’s Franziska Hentke wound up taking third in the historic finale with a 2:03.89.

China’s Zhang Yufei (2:04.91), Italy’s Alessia Polieri (2:05.52), USA’s Cammile Adams (2:06.35), Australia’s Brianna Throssell (2:06.40) and Japan’s Miyu Nakano (2:06.45) rounded out the finale.

Name	50	100	150	200
Belmonte Garcia	27.75	58.24	1:28.96	1:59.61
Hosszu	26.97	57.39	1:28.40	2:01.12
Hentke	28.12	1:00.01	1:32.14	2:03.89

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