{"id":148527,"date":"2015-08-06T08:12:45","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T15:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=148527"},"modified":"2015-08-06T09:52:59","modified_gmt":"2015-08-06T16:52:59","slug":"rikke-moller-pedersen-pushes-pace-in-200-breast-semis-at-2015-fina-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rikke-moller-pedersen-pushes-pace-in-200-breast-semis-at-2015-fina-world-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Rikke Moller Pedersen Pushes Pace in 200 Breast Semis at 2015 FINA World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Denmark’s Rikke Moller Pedersen<\/strong> put up a top time in the women’s 200-meter breast semis at the 2015 FINA World Championships.<\/p>\n

The world-record holder Pedersen clocked a time of 2:21.99 to lead the way into the finals. \u00a0That’s just off her second-ranked season best of 2:21.58 from June.<\/p>\n

USA’s Micah Lawrence<\/strong> raced her way into second in the finale with a time of 2:22.04 as she moved to fourth in the world rankings this year, crushing her season best of 2:23.32.<\/p>\n

Japan’s Kanako Watanabe<\/strong>, the top-ranked swimmer in the world with a 2:20.90 from April, checked in third with a time of 2:22.15.<\/p>\n

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Russia’s Vitalina Simonova<\/strong> (2:22.72), Canada’s Kierra Smith<\/strong> (2:22.82), Japan’s Rie Kaneto<\/strong> (2:22.88) and Spain’s Jessica Vall<\/strong> (2:22.90) also qualified into the championship heat.<\/p>\n

China’s Shi Jinglin<\/strong> and Iceland’s Hilda Luthersdottir<\/strong> set up a swimoff for eighth with matching 2:23.06s.<\/p>\n

Shi beat Luthersdottir, 2:23.75 to 2:25.11, in the swimoff.<\/p>\n

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