{"id":148792,"date":"2015-08-07T08:07:25","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T15:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=148792"},"modified":"2015-08-07T10:26:04","modified_gmt":"2015-08-07T17:26:04","slug":"bronte-campbell-bests-loaded-100-free-field-in-finals-of-day-6-at-2015-fina-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bronte-campbell-bests-loaded-100-free-field-in-finals-of-day-6-at-2015-fina-world-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronte Campbell Bests Loaded 100 Free Field in Finals of Day 6 at 2015 FINA World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bronte Campbell<\/strong>\u00a0of Australia topped the competition in the women’s 100 free, turning in a 52.52 to replace her sister as the top ranked woman in the world for 2015. Sister\u00a0Cate Campbell\u00a0<\/strong>settled for third with a time of 52.82, adding .13 seconds onto her time of 52.69 from the Australian Championships. This marks the first occasion where sisters both won medals in the same event at the same World Championships. The only other siblings to earn medals at the World Championships are Aaron and Hayley Peirsol in 2003 and 2007.<\/p>\n

Sweden’s\u00a0Sarah Sjostrom<\/strong>\u00a0added to her medals and claimed silver in the event with a time of 52.70. That betters her time of 52.78 posted earlier in the meet.<\/p>\n

The Netherland’s\u00a0Ranomi Kromowidjojo<\/strong> and teammate\u00a0Femke Heemskerk<\/strong> finished in the middle of the pack for fourth and fifth. Kromowidjojo posted a 53.17, while Heemskerk touched in 53.58.<\/p>\n

American’s\u00a0Simone Manuel\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Missy Franklin<\/strong> stuck close to each other throughout, finishing only .07 seconds apart. Manuel won out with a finishing time of 53.93 for sixth, while Franklin took seventh with a 54.00.<\/p>\n

Duo Shen<\/strong> of China turned in a 54.76 for eighth.<\/p>\n

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