There was plenty of fast swimming this weekend at the Edinburgh International in Scotland, but none faster than Elizabeth Simmonds’ world best in the 200-meter back.<\/p>\n
Simmonds skyrocketed to the top of the world in the women’s 200-meter back with a sizzling time of 2:08.32. \u00a0That swim smashed the 2:08.84 set by Fu Yuanhui at the BHP Super Series.<\/p>\n
USA’s Tom Shields vaulted to third in the world in the men’s 100-meter fly with a time of 52.15. \u00a0Only Jack Conger (51.64) and Mehdy Metella (52.13) have been faster this year. \u00a0James Guy took second in 52.86.<\/p>\n
Jazz Carlin won the women’s 400-meter free in 4:06.79. \u00a0That swim fell short of her third-ranked season best of 4:05.55 from the Marseille stop of the Golden Tour. Hannah Miley took second in Edinburgh with a 4:13.13.<\/p>\n
Carlin then won the women’s 200-meter free with a time of 1:58.04. Siobhan-Marie O’Connor took second in 1:58.42.<\/p>\n
O’Connor also pushed her way to fifth in the world in the women’s 100-meter fly with a 58.15. \u00a0Only Sarah Sjostrom (56.58), Emma McKeon (57.76), Jeanette Ottesen (58.03) and Inge Dekker (58.12) have been faster. \u00a0Rachel Kelley, who had been fifth in the world with a 58.25, took second in 58.17 to now stand sixth. \u00a0Jemma Lowe placed third in Edinburgh with a 58.38 to tie Brittany Elmslie for ninth in the world.<\/p>\n
Georgia Davies earned sixth in the world in the women’s 100-meter back with a 1:00.35 for the win. \u00a0Lizzie Simmonds took second in 1:00.44, just off her seventh-ranked 1:00.37, while Fran Halsall touched third in 1:00.77 for 11th in the world.<\/p>\n
Fran Halsall took seventh in the world rankings in the women’s 100-meter free with a 54.24, while Natalie Coughlin placed second in 54.77.<\/p>\n
Jemma Lowe moved to eighth in the world in the women’s 200-meter fly with a 2:09.25 for the win.<\/p>\n
Andrew Willis downed Adam Peaty, 2:12.22 to 2:12.86, in the men’s 200-meter breast. \u00a0That put Willis tied with Peaty for eighth in the world rankings as Peaty already went that time at the Speedo Flanders Cup.<\/p>\n
Nicholas Grainger took the men’s 400-meter free crown in 3:49.96 to move to 10th in the world.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Lucy Campbell topped the women’s 800 free in 9:00.97, while Sophie Taylor picked up the women’s 100-meter breast victory in 1:07.88.<\/p>\n
Hannah Miley took home the women’s 400-meter IM title in 4:43.20, while Olivia White touched out Molly Renshaw, 2:26.71 to 2:26.79, for the women’s 200-meter breast title.<\/p>\n
Stephen Milne won the men’s 1500-meter free in 15:18.91, while Cameron Brodie claimed the men’s 200-meter fly in 1:58.85 with Tom Shields taking second in 1:59.18.<\/p>\n
Craig McNally touched in 2:00.75 to win the men’s 200-meter back, while Lewis Coleman captured the men’s 200-meter IM in 2:01.93.<\/p>\n
Ben Proud hit the wall in 49.68 to win the men’s 100-meter free, while Jonny Carlisle topped Liam Tancock, 55.95 to 56.02, in the men’s 100-meter back.<\/p>\n