{"id":137516,"date":"2015-06-19T17:35:14","date_gmt":"2015-06-20T00:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=137516"},"modified":"2015-06-19T17:35:14","modified_gmt":"2015-06-20T00:35:14","slug":"yuliya-efimova-throws-down-3rd-best-100-breast-of-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/yuliya-efimova-throws-down-3rd-best-100-breast-of-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Yuliya Efimova Throws Down 3rd-Best 100 Breast of Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Trojan’s Yuliya Efimova<\/strong>, just months removed from a doping ban<\/a>, does not seem worse for the time off after winning the women’s 100-meter breast at the Arena Pro Swim Series Santa Clara.<\/p>\n

Efimova hit the wall in a time of 1:06.13, just off her second-ranked season best of 1:05.89 from Mission Viejo in March. \u00a0Her time tonight is the third best in the world this year. Only Ruta Meilutyte<\/strong> has been faster this year with a 1:05.46 from the Canet stop of the Mare Nostrum.<\/p>\n

Trojan’s Jessica Hardy<\/strong> captured silver tonight in 1:07.53, off her sixth-ranked best of 1:06.97 from the Charlotte stop.<\/p>\n

SoFlo’s Alia Atkinson<\/strong>, ranked fifth in the world with a 1:06.79 from Orlando, snared bronze with a time of 1:08.21.<\/p>\n

Gator’s Hilda Luthersdottir<\/strong> (1:08.40), BlueFish’s Laura Sogar<\/strong> (1:08.83), Calgary’s Fiona Doyle<\/strong> (1:08.94), Canton City’s Laura Lindsay<\/strong> (1:09.04), Stanford’s Sarah Haase<\/strong> (1:09.04) and Minnesota’s Haley Spencer<\/strong> (1:09.11) closed out the A final.<\/p>\n

Auburn’s Annie Lazor<\/strong> topped the B final in a time of 1:09.92. \u00a0Argentina’s Macarena Ceballos<\/strong> (1:10.36) and Julia Sebastian<\/strong> (1:10.40) placed second and third.<\/p>\n

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