Molly Renshaw Paces Women’s 200 Breast Prelims; Lilly King Second

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Women’s 200 Breast

Great Britain’s Molly Renshaw posted the top time in the women’s 200 breast prelims, coming in at 2:24.03 in the third of four heats. The United States’ Lilly King, the 100 breast World Champion and new world record-holder, won her heat in 2:24.28 to claim the No. 2 time overall.

Australia’s Taylor McKeown took third in 2:24.31, and Spain’s Jessica Vall was fourth in 2:24.41. Making her international debut, the USA’s Bethany Galat took fifth in 2:24.56, one hundredth ahead of Canada’s Kierra Smith (2:24.57).

World record-holder Rikke Moeller Pedersen qualified seventh in 2:24.69, followed by the Czech Republic’s Martina Moravcikova (2:25.26), Canada’s Ashley McGregor (2:25.31) and China’s Shi Jinglin (2:25.39).

Russia’s Yulia Efimova, the No. 1-ranked swimmer in the world this year at 2:19.83, cruised to an 11th-place time of 2:25.63. Efimova will aim to bounce back after a disappointing third-place finish in Tuesday’s 100 breast final. In the prelims, she swam next to her big rival from the 100 breast, King

Rounding out the semi-final qualifiers were Japan’s Reona Aoki (2:25.93), South Korea’s Back Suyeon (2:26.45), Great Britain’s Jocelyn Ulyett (2:26.50), Japan’s Satomi Suzuki (2:26.78) and Finland’s Jenna Laukkanen (2:28.59).

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