{"id":325397,"date":"2018-08-12T04:21:02","date_gmt":"2018-08-12T11:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=325397"},"modified":"2019-06-29T11:56:43","modified_gmt":"2019-06-29T18:56:43","slug":"micah-sumrall-holds-off-lilly-kings-late-charge-in-200-breast-at-pan-pacs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/micah-sumrall-holds-off-lilly-kings-late-charge-in-200-breast-at-pan-pacs\/","title":{"rendered":"Micah Sumrall Holds Off Lilly King’s Late Charge In 200 Breast at Pan Pacs"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Americans are on fire in the pool at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Tokyo. The last night of action has been a favorable one for the Americans as they have taken every single gold medal except one thus far in the session. 28-year-old\u00a0Micah Sumrall\u00a0<\/strong>continued that streak with a gold in the 200 breaststroke, leading a 1-2 finish with fellow American\u00a0Lilly King<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Sumrall won with a 2:21.88, holding off a late push from King who was second at 2:22.12. Both swimmers have been 2:21’s in their careers, but Sumrall’s best time of 2:21.74 from the 2013 Worlds is within her grasp which is good news for her and the American breaststrokers. The United States now has three women who have 2:21’s as their best time with Sumrall, King and\u00a0Bethany Galat<\/strong>. Galat won the B-Final in 2:24.18, not good enough to get on the World Championships team.<\/p>\n

Sumrall and King also had a good race with Japan’s\u00a0Satomi Suzuki<\/strong>, who is on a similar trajectory like Sumrall. Suzuki was the silver medalist in this event at the 2012 Olympics in London, a race that Sumrall was sixth in. Suzuki, 27, is still swimming at a world class level, despite missing the 2016 Olympic Team.<\/p>\n

Japan’s\u00a0Reona Aoki\u00a0<\/strong>(2:24.46) finished in fourth for the home nation.<\/p>\n

Canada’s\u00a0Sydney Pickrem\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Kelsey Wog\u00a0<\/strong>(2:24.73) tied for fifth place.<\/p>\n

Argentina’s\u00a0Julia Sebastian\u00a0<\/strong>(2:25.55) and\u00a0Macarena Ceballos\u00a0<\/strong>(2:29.51) placed seventh and eighth.<\/p>\n

2018 World Rankings:<\/h3>\n
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  1. Yulia Efimova<\/strong>, RUS, 2:20.72<\/li>\n
  2. Reona Aoki<\/strong>, JPN, 2:21.85<\/li>\n
  3. Micah Sumrall<\/strong>, USA, 2:21.88<\/li>\n
  4. Tatjana Schoenmaker<\/strong>, RSA, 2:22.02<\/li>\n
  5. Lilly King<\/strong>, USA, 2:22.12<\/li>\n
  6. Satomi Suzuki<\/strong>, JPN, 2:22.22<\/li>\n
  7. Kanako Watanabe<\/strong>, JPN, 2:22.88<\/li>\n
  8. Jessica Vall<\/strong>, ESP, 2:23.02<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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