Germany’s Franziska Hentke Leads 200 Fly Semis; No Americans Make Final

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Germany’s Franziska Hentke leads the 200 fly semis into tomorrow’s final at the 2017 FINA World Championships with a 2:06.29. Hentke leads a tightly packed final ahead of China’s Zhou Yilin (2:06.63) and Spain’s Mireia Belmonte (2:06.71).

Japan’s Suzuka Hasegawa (2:07.01), China’s Zhang Yufei (2:07.11), Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu (2:07.37), Liliana Szilagyi (2:07.67) and South Korea’s An Sehyeon (2:07.82) will also swim in the A-final tomorrow.

Asian swimmers have won the last three World titles in the women’s 200 fly with China’s Jiao Liuyang (2011), Liu Zige (2013) and Japan’s Natsumi Hoshi (2015) winning the last few titles.

USA’s Hali Flickinger (2:07.89, 9th) and Dakota Luther (2:09.55, 15th) did not make it out of semi-finals in the event.

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