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Emily Seebohm led an Australian 1-2 in the women’s 100-meter backstroke finals at the 2015 FINA World Championships.
Seebohm claimed her second gold of the meet with a sizzling 58.26 in the finale for her first individual world title in long course competition. She now owns six career world medals with two golds, three silvers and a bronze.
That’s the fourth-fastest 100 back of all time.
All Time 100 Back
[table “” not found /]Madison Wilson checked in with a silver-winning time of 58.75, while Denmark’s Mie Nielsen managed to claim bronze in 58.86.
China’s Fu Yuanhui wound up fourth in 59.02, while Olympic champion Missy Franklin settled for fifth in 59.40 after a bad start that led to her turning last with a 29.20 initial split.
Russia’s Anastasia Fesikova (59.66), Great Britain’s Lauren Quigley (59.78) and USA’s Kathleen Baker (59.99) closed out the all sub-1:00 finale.
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Men’s 200 free finals
- Women’s 100 back finals
- Men’s 50 breast semis
- Women’s 1500 free finals
- Men’s 100 back finals
- Women’s 200 free semis
- Men’s 200 fly semis
- Women’s 100 breast finals
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