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Kathleen Baker<\/strong> has readily stepped into her role as the new queen of backstroke, adding a new American Record int the 50 back to her list of accomplishments.<\/p>\n

One night after earning silver in the 100 back, Baker sprinted to a 27.48 finish in semi-finals of the women’s 50 back. Her efforts earned her the third place seed going into tomorrow night’s final behind Brazil’s\u00a0Etienne Medeiros<\/strong> (27.18) and China’s\u00a0Fu Yuanhui<\/strong> (27.19).<\/p>\n

Baker’s 27.48 takes down the 2015 American Record of 27.51 set by the original American backstroke queen:\u00a0Natalie Coughlin<\/strong>. Coughlin set that record while swimming at the Santa Clara stop of the 2015 arena Pro Swim Series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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