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Great Britain\u2019s <strong>Freya Anderson<\/strong> took the second spot of the same heat in 54.31.<\/p>\n<p>Canadian duo <strong>Kayla Sanchez<\/strong> (54.62) and <strong>Rebecca Smith<\/strong> (54.73) claimed the next two spots, one from each semifinal heat. Smith had the best opening speed, flipping at 26.33. Czech Republic\u2019s <strong>Barbora Seemanova<\/strong> narowly edged out American <strong>Grace Ariola<\/strong> 55.07 to 55.08 to earn the fifth seed.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s <strong>Vasilissa Buinaia<\/strong> and Japan\u2019s <strong>Sayuki Ouchi<\/strong> tied for the seventh and final spot in the Championship heat in 55.14.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"274215\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-fina-world-junior-championships-day-2-finals-live-recap\/screen-shot-2017-08-24-at-7-03-27-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-24-at-7.03.27-PM-e1503615910900.png\" data-orig-size=\"784,467\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2017-08-24 at 7.03.27 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2017-08-24 at 7.03.27 PM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-24-at-7.03.27-PM-e1503615910900-700x467.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-24-at-7.03.27-PM-1024x640.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-274215\" src=\"https:\/\/swimmingworld.azureedge.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-24-at-7.03.27-PM-e1503615910900-700x467.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-08-24 at 7.03.27 PM\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women\u2019s 100 Freestyle Japan\u2019s Rikako Ikee led the way in the 100 free semis, racing a 54.06 for the top seed out of heat two. 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