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Women’s 100 Breast Semi-Finals:
Lilly King of the USA entered the water for heat two of the semi-finals with confidence, maintaining a strong stroke throughout the entire 100. King was the first at the wall for the 50, before surging ahead in the final 50 meters to stop the clock at a 1:05.70, once again edging out Efimova.
Yulia Efimova of Russia powered home in the final 50 of the first heat to capture the opening semifinal in 1:05.72, just faster than her 1:05.79 from this morning.
China’s Shi Jinglin picked up the third place seed for tomorrow’s final with a time of 1:06.31.
Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania led the first semifinal at the 50 meter mark and came home in a 1:06.44 to grab the fourth place seed.
Continuing her breakout year the USA’s Katie Meili tied for the fifth place seed with Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson. The two posted matching times of 1:06.52 from the second heat.
Israel’s Hrafnhildur Luthersdottir and Canada’s Rachel Nicol return as seventh and eighth with times of 1:06.71 and 1:06.73 respectively.
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It’s disgraceful they’re letting Efimova compete
All without doping
Good, Efimova is a doper
Go Lilly!!
Hrafnhildur Luthersdottir is from Iceland, not Israel.