Alia Atkinson Surges to Gold in 100 Breast Final at SC Worlds

Jul 15, 2015; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Alia Atkinson of Jamaica competes in the women's 200m breaststroke preliminary heat during the 2015 Pan Am Games at Pan Am Aquatics UTS Centre and Field House. Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports

Women’s 100 Breast:

Alia Atkinson of Jamaica and Lilly King of the USA squared up once more in the sprint breaststroke, but with much different results. Unlike the 50 breaststroke where King ran away with the race, it was Atkinson who held off two charging Americans to pick up her first gold medal of the meet.

Atkinson, who co-owns the world record of 1:0236 with Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte, never looked back as she charged to a final time of 1:03.03. King finished second overall with a 1:03.35, while American teammate Molly Hannis grabbed the bronze medal with a time of 1:03.89.

Finland’s Jenna Laukkanen was fourth overall with a time of 1:04.62, followed closely by Great Britain’s Chloe Tutton and her time of 1:04.79.

Silja Kansakoski of Finland was sixth with a 1:05.16, ahead of Japan’s Miho Teramura (1:05.23) and Canada’s Rachel Nicol (1:05.48).

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Steve Conaway
7 years ago

I was watching this last night, she’s fast.

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