(Race Video) Fran Halsall Takes Down Meet Record in 50 Back

PICTURE BY ALEX WHITEHEAD/SWPIX.COM - Swimming - British Gas International Meet Day 1- John Charles Centre for Sport, Leeds, England - 07/03/13 - Francesca Halsall prepares to compete in the Womens 100m Freestyle heats.

Photo Courtesy: Gian Mattia Dalberto/Lapresse

Great Britain’s Fran Halsall charged through the meet record in the women’s 50-meter back at the 2016 European Championships.

Halsall blew the roof off the hometown crowd with a 27.57 for the win. That swim cleared Aliaksandra Herasimenia’s meet record of 27.64 from the 2010 edition in Budapest. It also moved her to third in the world this year behind Herasimenia (27.40) and Minna Atherton (27.49).

Denmark’s Mie Nielsen placed second in 27.77 to move to fifth in the world, while Great Britain’s Georgia Davies captured third overall in 27.87 to make the top 10 in the world.

Greece’s Theodora Drakou (28.00), The Netherlands’ Maaike De Waard (28.14), Finland’s Mimosa Jallow (28.15), Turkey’s Ekaterina Avramova (28.60) and Ukraine’s Daryna Zevina (28.61) also competed for the title.

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