Zhang Yufei Sets World Junior Record to Lead 200 Fly Prelims at 2015 FINA World Championships

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China’s Zhang Yufei downed the World Junior Record in the women’s 200-meter fly at the 2015 FINA World Championships.

Zhang clocked in with a time of 2:06.92 for the top seed out of prelims. That swim eclipsed Katie McLaughlin’s World Junior Record of 2:07.08 set at the 2014 Pan Pacific Championships.

That performance also moved Zhang to fifth in the world rankings in the event this season. That’s also the third straight event this morning in which China grabbed the top seed.

USA’s McLaughlin chased down the second seed in 2:07.32 to move to seventh in the world.

Hungary’s Liliana Szilagyi snared third in 2:07.46 with USA’s Cammile Adams posting a fourth-seeded 2:07.96. Japan’s Natsumi Hoshi rounded out the 2:07s with a fifth-seeded 2:07.97.

Katinka Hosszu of Hungary, already having broken an infamous world record in the 200-meter IM, picked up the sixth seed in 2:08.07.

Germany’s Franziska Hentke (2:08.31) and France’s Lara Grangeon (2:08.54) qualified seventh and eighth overall.

Australia’s Madeline Groves (2:08.65), China’s Zhou Yilin (2:08.76), Canada’s Audrey Lacroix (2:08.79), Australia’s Brianna Throssell (2:09.16), Great Britain’s Hannah Miley (2:09.44), South Korea’s Park Jinyoung (2:09.62), Slovenia’s Anja Klinar (2:09.70) and Brazil’s Joanna Maranhao-Melo (2:09.77) comprise the rest of the semifinal field.

With just four heats of the 200-meter fly this morning, the top guns all knew they didn’t need much to make it into the semifinals. So, the semifinals could see a massive change compared to the times put up this morning.

SCHEDULED EVENTS

Women’s 50 back
Men’s 100 free
Women’s 200 fly
Men’s 200 IM
Mixed 400 medley relay

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