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The first round of the Women’s 50 Fly Knockout in Santa Clara was a race between Kelsi Dahlia, Penny Oleksiak, Farida Osman, Sarah Gibson, Katie McLaughlin, Hellen Moffitt, Maggie MacNeil, Haley Black and Talia Bates.
In the opening round, Dahlia had a close win in 26.36. Oleksiak was close behind in 26.43 with Osman finishing third in 26.57 and Gibson in fourth (26.70).
Osman came out on top in the semifinals, bettering her time by nearly half a second in 26.05. Oleksiak (26.16) was second, Dahlia (26.58) third and Gibson (26.75) fourth.
In the final round only minutes later, Oleksiak dropped another tenth of a second to claim the victory in 26.06 ahead of Osman’s 26.32.
Event 227 Women 50 LC Meter Butterfly Knockout
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World: W 24.43 7/25/2017 Sarah Sjostrom, SWE
American: A 25.48 7/29/2017 Kelsi Worrell, USA
Pro Swim: M 25.74 2018 Kelsi Dahlia
Name Age Team Semis Finals
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Oleksiak, Penny 18 Swim Ontario 26.16 26.06
r:+0.71
2 Osman, Farida 23 California Aquat 26.05 26.32
r:+0.67
=== Semi-Finals ===
3 Dahlia, Kelsi 23 Cardinal Aquatic 26.58
r:+0.58
4 Gibson, Sarah 23 Team Elite 26.75
r:+0.71
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