Wang Siqi Edges Tamsin Cook for 200 Fly Crown at 2015 World Junior Championships

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China’s Wang Siqi downed Australia’s Tamsin Cook in a close contest for the women’s 200-meter fly at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.

Although the times weren’t near the fastest by teenagers in the world this year led by Zhang Yufei’s 2:06.51 and Katie McLaughlin’s 2:06.95 from the World Championships, Wang still managed to grab the junior title with a time of 2:08.24.

Cook, meanwhile, built on her strong relay swim from night one with a 2:08.86 to take silver in the finale.

USA’s Hannah Kukurugya touched out teammate Cassidy Bayer, 2:10.08 to 2:10.12, for bronze. Bayer had entered the meet with the fastest time of those in the meet with a 2:08.03 from U.S. Nationals in San Antonio. But, she was unable to replicate that time during finals.

Japan’s Haruno Ito (2:11.07), Spain’s Carmen Balbuena (2:11.31), Great Britain’s Holly Hibbott (2:11.63) and Hungary’s Boglarka Bonecz (2:12.11) closed out the rest of the finale.

SCHEDULED EVENTS

Men’s 100 back finals
Women’s 200 fly finals
Men’s 200 free finals
Women’s 50 breast finals
Men’s 100 fly semis
Women’s 100 free semis
Men’s 100 breast finals
Women’s 100 back finals
Men’s 200 IM finals
Women’s 800 free finals
Mixed 400 medley relay finals

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