{"id":148813,"date":"2015-08-07T09:02:58","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T16:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=148813"},"modified":"2015-08-07T10:23:10","modified_gmt":"2015-08-07T17:23:10","slug":"kanako-watanabe-wins-womens-200","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kanako-watanabe-wins-womens-200\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanako Watanabe Wins Women’s 200 Breaststroke at 2015 FINA World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Japan’s\u00a0Kanako Watanabe\u00a0<\/strong>topped the competition in the women’s 200 breaststroke posting a final time of 2:21.15 for the gold. Watanabe was just shy of her 2015 best time of 2:20.90 which she posted at the Japanese National Championships.<\/p>\n

Micah Lawrence<\/strong> of the USA held onto second despite a quick final 50 meters from Jessica Vall.\u00a0<\/strong>Lawrence turned in a time of 2:22.44 for the silver, adding slightly to her time of 2:22.04 from earlier in the meet.<\/p>\n

Denmark’s\u00a0Rikke Pedersen<\/strong>\u00a0tied Vall for third in the event with both posting a time of 2:22.76. For Vall, this is an improvement upon her time of 2:22.90 from earlier in the meet. Pedersen added 1.18 seconds to her 2015 best of 2:21.58 from the Swedish Grand Prix. China’s Jinglin Shi<\/b> completed the three-way tie also adding to her 2015 best of 2:22.08.<\/p>\n

Japan’s\u00a0Rie Kaneto<\/strong> took sixth with a time of 2:23.19, adding to her time of 2:21.90 from the Japanese National Championships.<\/p>\n

Russia’s\u00a0Vitalina Simonova\u00a0<\/strong>(2:23.59) and Canada’s\u00a0Kierra Smith<\/strong> (2:23.61) finished seventh and eighth respectively.<\/p>\n

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