Rikako Ikee Unleashes New World Junior Record in Women’s 50 Fly

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

Women’s 50 Fly Finals

Rikako Ikee of Japan broke her own World Junior record of 25.51 set this year in April in the finals of the women’s 50-meter butterfly in Indianapolis. Sprinting to a 25.46, she finished over a half-second ahead of the rest of the field, and now a gold medal, as well as the world and championship records, in the event.

The competition for silver and bronze was not so absolute, as Sara Juvenik of Sweden just out-touched Rebecca Smith of Canada in 26.18 to 26.22 for silver. Smith took the bronze medal for Canada.

Fourth place went to Anastasiya Shkurdai of Bulgaria with her time of 26.37, while Sayuki Ouchi‘s time of 26.59 was good for fifth.

Maya Nadine Tobehn of Germany took sixth with a 26.91, while Sweden’s Hanna Rosvall (27.04) and Great Britain’s Emily Large (27.23) rounded out the top eight finishers.

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