Molly Hannis Out-Touches Yulia Efimova in 100 Breast in Atlanta

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

Women’s 100 Breast

At the start, the women’s 100 breast appeared to belong to Russia’s Yulia Efimova as she surged ahead of the competition through the first 50-meters, however Tennessee Aquatics’ Molly Hannis was not ready to give up. Hannis, typically known for favoring the 200 breast, turned up the heat and chased down Efimova. With her stroke moving faster and faster, Hannis was able to surge past Efimova and claim the win in a time of 1:06.09 over Efimova’s 1:06.32.

Their times move Hannis and Efimova to first and second, respectively, in the 2018 world rankings.

Micah Sumrall grabbed third overall with a time of 1:07.51, followed by New York Athletic Club’s Breeja Larson and her time of 1:07.67.

China’s Shi Jinglin and Canada’s Faith Knelson delivered matching times of 1:08.00 to share fifth, while fellow Chinese swimmer Yu Jingyao took seventh with a close 1:08.07.

Jamaican Olympian Alia Atkinson, representing South Florida Aquatics, posted an eighth place finish of 1:09.31.

                           === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Molly Hannis     25 Tennessee Aqua.   1:06.43    1:06.09   923  
    r:+0.76  31.37      1:06.09 (34.72)
  2 Yulia Efimova    25 Russia            1:07.46    1:06.32   913  
    r:+0.77  31.17      1:06.32 (35.15)
  3 Micah Sumrall    27 Chattahoochee Go  1:08.70    1:07.51   866  
    r:+0.78  31.97      1:07.51 (35.54)
  4 Breeja Larson    25 New York Athleti  1:08.45    1:07.67   859  
    r:+0.74  31.70      1:07.67 (35.97)
  5 Jinglin Shi      25 China             1:08.53    1:08.00   847  
    r:+0.75  31.94      1:08.00 (36.06)
  5 Faith Knelson    16 HPCenterVictoria  1:08.72    1:08.00   847  
    r:+0.75  31.62      1:08.00 (36.38)
  7 Jingyao YU       19 China             1:08.43    1:08.07   844  
    r:+0.74  31.97      1:08.07 (36.10)
  8 Alia Atkinson    29 South Florida Aq  1:08.70    1:09.31   800  
    r:+0.81  32.40      1:09.31 (36.91)

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