{"id":144602,"date":"2015-07-17T16:26:24","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T23:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=144602"},"modified":"2015-07-17T16:26:24","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T23:26:24","slug":"historic-sub-100-from-brazils-etiene-medeiros-to-break-pan-american-games-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/historic-sub-100-from-brazils-etiene-medeiros-to-break-pan-american-games-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Sub 1:00 From Brazil’s Etiene Medeiros to Break Pan American Games Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brazil’s Etiene Medeiros<\/strong> became the first female to ever break 1:00 at the Pan American Games in the women’s 100-meter back.<\/p>\n

Medeiros threw down a sizzling time of 59.61 to break Olivia Smoliga’s<\/strong> preliminary swim of 1:00.35. \u00a0Medeiros’ time broke the Brazilian record of 1:00.07 set by Fabiola Molina<\/strong> in 2009 as she moved to sixth in the world rankings.<\/p>\n

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Team USA went 2-3 as USA’s Olivia Smoliga<\/strong> clocked a 1:00.06 to take silver and stand 13th in the world. \u00a0Clara Smiddy<\/strong> earned bronze in 1:00.49 to break her personal best of 1:00.51.<\/p>\n

Canada’s Dominique Bouchard<\/strong> (1:00.54), Canada’s Hilary Caldwell<\/strong> (1:01.01), Mexico’s Maria Gonzalez<\/strong> (1:01.06), Guatemala’s Gisela Morales<\/strong> (1:01.31) and Argentina’s Andrea Berrino<\/strong> (1:01.76) also competed for the title.<\/p>\n

Brazil’s Natalia De Luccas<\/strong> touched out Colombia’s Carolina Colorado<\/strong> by the slimmest of margins, 1:02.15 to 1:02.16, in the B final.<\/p>\n

Colombia’s Isabella Arcila<\/strong> (1:02.44), Mexico’s Estela Davis<\/strong> (1:03.19), Venezuela’s Carla Gonzalez<\/strong> (1:03.68), Honduras’ Karen Vilorio<\/strong> (1:05.06), Argentina’s Florencia Perotti<\/strong> (1:05.18) and Uruguay’s Ines Remersaro<\/strong> (1:05.78) also swam in the B final.<\/p>\n

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