{"id":375151,"date":"2019-06-14T02:25:45","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T09:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=375151"},"modified":"2019-06-16T16:37:35","modified_gmt":"2019-06-16T23:37:35","slug":"emily-seebohm-finishes-third-in-200-back-at-australian-swimming-world-trials-out-of-world-championships-for-first-time-since-2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/emily-seebohm-finishes-third-in-200-back-at-australian-swimming-world-trials-out-of-world-championships-for-first-time-since-2005\/","title":{"rendered":"Emily Seebohm Finishes Third in 200 Back at Australian Swimming World Trials; Out of World Championships For First Time Since 2005"},"content":{"rendered":"

2017 World Champion\u00a0Emily Seebohm\u00a0<\/strong>finished third in the 200 back on Friday night at the Australian Swimming World Trials in Brisbane with a 2:08.58. Seebohm was also fourth in the 100 back on Monday night and for the first time since 2005 will not be swimming at the World Championships for Australia.<\/p>\n

Seebohm has been on Australia’s World Championships team since 2007 when she was a 14-year-old in front of the home crowd in Melbourne. She has been in the Worlds final of the 100 back at every Championships since placing fourth 12 years ago. She is also the two-time reigning World Champion in the 200 back, winning the 2015<\/a> and 2017<\/a> World titles.<\/p>\n

It is unclear exactly what happened to Seebohm as she was a 2:08.89 earlier in the year at the FINA Champions Series in Budapest. She has been one of the consistent performers on the world stage the last decade and would have been one of the medal favorites for both the 100 and 200 in Gwangju had she qualified.<\/p>\n

Seebohm, 27, should not be ruled out of qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games next year.<\/p>\n