{"id":116620,"date":"2014-12-07T08:44:24","date_gmt":"2014-12-07T15:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=116620"},"modified":"2014-12-07T16:14:57","modified_gmt":"2014-12-07T23:14:57","slug":"kanako-watanabe-clocks-world-leader-win-200-breast-worlds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kanako-watanabe-clocks-world-leader-win-200-breast-worlds\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanako Watanabe Clocks World Leader to Win 200 Breast at Worlds – Video"},"content":{"rendered":"

DOHA –\u00a0Japan\u2019s Kanako Watanabe had to turn on the jets down the stretch, but she managed to take home the 200 breast world title at the FINA World Short Course Championships. Watch Race Video<\/a><\/p>\n

Watanabe charged home in a 35.44 to take the title with a world-leading 2:16.92. That swim was well off Rikke Moller Pedersen\u2019s meet record of 2:16.08 from 2012, but almost a second faster than Alia Atkinson\u2019s top time this year of 2:17.84.<\/p>\n

Japan\u2019s Rie Kaneto took home silver in 2:17.43, with Watanabe and Kaneto both coming up short of Kaneto\u2019s Asian record of \u00a02:16.73 from the 2009 Berlin stop of the FINA World Cup.<\/p>\n

Pedersen, who led through 150 meters, faded to bronze with a time of 2:17.83.<\/p>\n

Canada\u2019s Kierra Smith (2:18.30), China\u2019s Shi Jinglin (2:18.64), Russia\u2019s Maria Astashkina (2:18.95), Canada\u2019s Martha McCabe (2:19.17) and Russia\u2019s Vitalina Simonova (2:19.65) placed fourth through eighth.<\/p>\n

Atkinson, meanwhile, missed out on finals this morning with a 10th-place effort. She likely was battling the hangover from\u00a0becoming the first Jamaican world titlist with her world-record tying effort in the 100 breast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Name<\/th>\n50<\/th>\n100<\/th>\n150<\/th>\n200<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Watanabe<\/td>\n31.66<\/td>\n1:06.36<\/td>\n1:41.48<\/td>\n2:16.92<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kaneto<\/td>\n32.36<\/td>\n1:07.36<\/td>\n1:42.57<\/td>\n2:17.43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pedersen<\/td>\n31.35<\/td>\n1:05.64<\/td>\n1:41.21<\/td>\n2:17.83<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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