Belinda Hocking, Emily Seebohm Go 1-2 in 200 Back for Meet Record (Pan Pacific Championships Results)

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GOLD COAST, Australia, August 23.

The 200 back looked similar to the 100 back, with a pair of Aussies taking the top of the podium as world-record holder Missy Franklin just has not looked the same since she had back spasms shortly prior to the meet and has been struggling just to swim, much less win here in Australia.

Belinda Hocking won the finale in 2:07.49, just ahead of teammate Emily Seebohm’s second-place 2:07.61 as both undercut the Pan Pacific Championships record of 2:07.83 set by Elizabeth Beisel when she won in 2010. Hocking has been faster with a 2:06.40 from the NSW State Championships, while Seebohm broke 2:08 for the first time this year to move to second in the world. In fact, only Hocking and Seebohm have seen a 2:07 this year.

Demonstrating just how hard of a time Franklin is having this week, she failed to even make the podium in her world-record event as Beisel beat her for third, 2:08.33 to 2:08.82. Beisel moved to fifth in the world with her swim, while Franklin was unable to duplicate her 2:08.38 from Nationals.

Canada’s Hilary Caldwell (2:09.02), Canada’s Dominique Bouchard (2:09.59), Japan’s Sayaka Akase (2:09.65) and Japan’s Marie Kamimura (2:12.69) also swam in the finale.

A Final Results:

  1 HOCKING, BELIND  23 AUSTRALIA         2:08.99    2:07.49P  921  
    r:+0.61  31.37      1:03.68 (32.31)
        1:35.43 (31.75)     2:07.49 (32.06)
  2 SEEBOHM, EMILY   22 AUSTRALIA         2:10.99    2:07.61.  918  
    r:+0.65  30.05      1:03.14 (33.09)
        1:36.53 (33.39)     2:07.61 (31.08)
  3 BEISEL, ELIZABE  22 UNITED STATES     2:09.24    2:08.33   903  
    r:+0.62  30.74      1:03.37 (32.63)
        1:35.89 (32.52)     2:08.33 (32.44)
  4 FRANKLIN, MISSY  19 UNITED STATES     2:09.00    2:08.82   893  
    r:+0.70  30.56      1:03.04 (32.48)
        1:36.13 (33.09)     2:08.82 (32.69)
  5 CALDWELL, HILAR  23 CANADA            2:09.72    2:09.02   889  
    r:+0.63  31.05      1:03.70 (32.65)
        1:36.87 (33.17)     2:09.02 (32.15)
  6 BOUCHARD, DOMIN  23 CANADA            2:09.73    2:09.59   877  
    r:+0.73  31.41      1:04.51 (33.10)
        1:36.77 (32.26)     2:09.59 (32.82)
  7 AKASE, SAYAKA    19 JAPAN             2:11.24    2:09.65   876  
    r:+0.60  30.54      1:02.76 (32.22)
        1:35.89 (33.13)     2:09.65 (33.76)
  8 KAMIMURA, MARIE  20 JAPAN             2:13.96    2:12.69   817  
    r:+0.61  31.40      1:05.20 (33.80)
        1:38.94 (33.74)     2:12.69 (33.75)

USA’s Elizabeth Pelton dropped a 2:09.36 to win the B final tonight. That’s better than her 17th-ranked 2:09.73 from the Santa Clara stop of the Arena Grand Prix, and moved her into the top 15 in the world. Canada’s Brooklynn Snodgrass, meanwhile, took second in 2:09.76 as she’s in the top 20 now.

Canada’s Genevieve Cantin (2:10.76), Japan’s Shiho Sakai (2:12.36), China’s Zhao Ying (2:17.65), Hong Kong’s Claudia Lau (2:18.12), South Africa’s Beatrix Malan (2:19.42) and South Africa’s Marce Loubser (2:19.63) also competed in the consolation heat.

B Final Results:

  1 PELTON, ELIZABETH      20 UNITED STATES       2:09.95    2:09.36
     r:+0.62     30.39        1:02.93 (32.54)
        1:36.05 (33.12)       2:09.36 (33.31)
  2 SNODGRASS, BROOKLYNN   20 CANADA              2:10.22    2:09.76
     r:+0.75     30.82        1:03.17 (32.35)
        1:36.26 (33.09)       2:09.76 (33.50)
  3 CANTIN, GENEVIEVE      23 CANADA              2:11.12    2:10.76
     r:+0.72     31.35        1:04.48 (33.13)
        1:37.56 (33.08)       2:10.76 (33.20)
  4 SAKAI, SHIHO           23 JAPAN               2:14.16    2:12.36
     r:+0.58     30.91        1:04.73 (33.82)
        1:38.99 (34.26)       2:12.36 (33.37)
  5 ZHAO, YING             18 CHINA               2:18.82    2:17.65
     r:+0.68     31.77        1:06.09 (34.32)
        1:41.97 (35.88)       2:17.65 (35.68)
  6 LAU, CLAUDIA           21 HONG KONG           2:19.06    2:18.12
     r:+0.68     32.30        1:07.42 (35.12)
        1:42.70 (35.28)       2:18.12 (35.42)
  7 MALAN, BEATRIX         18 SOUTH AFRICA        2:20.25    2:19.42
     r:+0.71     32.64        1:07.80 (35.16)
        1:44.26 (36.46)       2:19.42 (35.16)
  8 LOUBSER, MARCE         18 SOUTH AFRICA        2:20.43    2:19.63
     r:+0.73     32.64        1:07.90 (35.26)
        1:43.31 (35.41)       2:19.63 (36.32)

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