Georgia Davies Off Her Own European Record, Still Top Seed in 50 Back

Photo Courtesy: Petr Kratochvil

After setting a European record in prelims with a lightning-quick time of 27.21, Great Britain’s Georgia Davies did what she needed to do to claim lane four for Sunday’s final, touching in 27.46. Just behind her was Russia’s Anastasia Fesikova, who swam a time of 27.49 to set up a run at gold in the final.

Finland’s Mimosa Jallow took third in 27.62, followed by Poland’s Alicja Tchorz (27.72), France’s Beryl Gastadello (27.86), the Czech Republic’s Simona Baumrtova (27.91), the Netherlands’ Kira Toussaint (27.92) and Italy’s Carlotta Zofkova (27.94). So fast was the field that Italy’s Silvia Scalia posted a time of 27.96 and ended up ninth.

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