Katinka Hosszu Leads 100 IM Semi-Finals with 57.53

Jun 21, 2015; Santa Clara, CA, USA; Katinka Hosszu (HUN) won the Women's 200IM in a time of 2:09.19 during the Championship Finals of day four at the George F. Haines International Swim Center. Mandatory Credit: Bob Stanton-USA TODAY Sports
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Women’s 100 IM Semi-Finals:

Katinka Hosszu of Hungary posted the top qualifying time in semi-finals of the women’s 100 individual medley, stopping the clock at a 57.53 to put her within a second of her championship record (56.70) and world record (56.67).

Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson worked her breaststroke magic to pick up the second place seed with a time of 58.54 from semi-final two, finishing just ahead of Australia’s Emily Seebohm and her time of 58.96.

The Netherlands’ Marrit Steenburgen turned in a time of 59.33 to return as the fourth place seed in tomorrow night’s final, while Finland’s Jenna Laukkanen posted a qualifying time of 59.64 for fifth.

Ella Eastin of the USA grabbed the sixth place seed with a time of  59.67, followed by Austria’s Lena Kreundl’s 59.86.

A possible swim-off is required to determine the eighth qualifier as Norway’s Susann Bjornsen and the USA’s Lilly King delivered matching times of 1:00.05 from semi-finals one and two.

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Alcherl Cameron McEvoy Rooney

She should be Ban from swimming the newbie has no chance in winning gold. She old enough and experinced unfair to the young ones.

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7 years ago

Don’t overreact. She is noticeably slower at this meet than she was two year ago at WC (scm) in Doha, Qatar. Yet, despite of that it looks like she will get more gold medals. Think about quality and popularity of this so called world championships. Maybe newbies just don’t want to compete at such type of competition.

Noria Gaier
7 years ago

Great swimmer, she works hard and she is following her dream!!! She is an icon and showing the way to the young ones!

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