{"id":47106,"date":"2014-01-19T07:16:27","date_gmt":"2014-01-19T14:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/?p=47106"},"modified":"2015-08-22T11:06:50","modified_gmt":"2015-08-22T18:06:50","slug":"video-natalie-coughlin-edges-loaded-field-in-50-free-in-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/video-natalie-coughlin-edges-loaded-field-in-50-free-in-austin\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Natalie Coughlin Edges Loaded Field in 50 Free in Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"

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AUSTIN, Texas, January 19.CALIFORNIA’s Natalie Coughlin closed out a line of competitors in the women’s splash-and-dash as she got her hand to the wall first by a smidgen. She posted a time of 25.17 for the win out of lane six, and could be looking at getting back into that 24-second range soon after posting a lifetime best of 24.90 last year at the Mesa stop of the Arena Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

SwimAtlanta’s Amanda Weir powered to silver as the two veterans topped the podium. Weir clocked a time of 25.23, just clipping SwimMAC’s Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace. AVP, meanwhile, rounded out the podium with a third-place time of 25.24.<\/p>\n

First Colony’s Simone Manuel, one of the top young sprint stars in the world, wound up off the podium with a fourth-place time of 25.27 after having a strong 200 free earlier in the evening.<\/p>\n

Canada’s Victoria Poon (25.52), TPR’s Vanessa Garcia Vega (25.54), T2’s Amanda Kendall (25.61) and Canada’s Hannah Riordan (25.62) placed fifth through eighth in the finale.<\/p>\n

Canada had another strong outing in the B final as Sandrine Mainville claimed the consolation heat win in 25.45, topping the field by nearly half-a-second with SwimMAC’s Kelsi Hall taking second in the heat with a 25.80.<\/p>\n