Emily Seebohm Tops 200 Back Semis; Kathleen Baker and Regan Smith Both Advance

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Defending World Champion Emily Seebohm of Australia had a strong swim in the semi-finals of the 200 backstroke as she leads a tight field into Saturday’s final. Seebohm swam a 2:05.81 to tie her gold medal winning time from Kazan in 2015. Seebohm leads Canada’s Kylie Masse (2:05.97) and USA’s Kathleen Baker (2:06.66) into the final tomorrow.

Russia’s Daria Ustinova (2:07.08), USA’s Regan Smith (2:07.19), Australia’s Kaylee McKeown (2:07.40), Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu (2:07.51) and Canada’s Hilary Caldwell (2:07.64) will also swim in the championship final.

Smith broke the World Junior record with her 2:07.19 surpassing Ustinova’s 2:07.43 from 2015 and she will be swimming in her first major championship final.

This is a very fast final as it took a 2:07.54 to get the bronze medal in Rio last summer and that barely squeaks into tonight’s final.

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Thomas A. Small

6 years ago

Congratulations ladys great job