{"id":382656,"date":"2019-07-23T20:21:50","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T03:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=382656"},"modified":"2019-07-24T09:19:32","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T16:19:32","slug":"hali-flickinger-rattles-lifetime-best-with-205-9-flight-to-semis-defender-mireia-belmonte-scrapes-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hali-flickinger-rattles-lifetime-best-with-205-9-flight-to-semis-defender-mireia-belmonte-scrapes-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Hali Flickinger Rattles Lifetime Best With 2:05.9 Flight To Semis; Defender Mireia Belmonte Scrapes In"},"content":{"rendered":"

World Championships <\/i><\/strong>(Hali\u00a0Flickinger)<\/i><\/p>\n

Gwangju<\/em><\/p>\n

Day 4 heats (<\/em>Women’s 200m butterfly)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Hali Flickinger<\/strong> made a statement this morning when she took the 200 ‘fly pace out on 1:00.51 at the half-way turn on the way to a dominant 2:05.96 ticket to lane 4 of the second semi this evening.<\/p>\n

The American, who turned 25 this month, was just shy of her lifetime best, of 2:05.87, set at U.S. Nationals last year – in heats. Her test now is to convert morning speed, make it to the final and make the final faster.<\/p>\n

At nationals last year, she came close to her heats best in 2:06.14 – and at the Olympic Games in 2016, a 2:06.67 in heats converted to a 2:07.02 in the semi.<\/p>\n