Australia’s Minna Atherton kept on rolling with another victory, this time with a meet-record effort in the women’s 200-meter backstroke at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.
Atherton, who already tied the World Junior record in the 100-meter back yesterday, won the women’s 200-meter backstroke in a time of 2:09.11.
Atherton just managed to beat a strong top three with China’s Liu Yaxin (2:09.44) and Canada’s Taylor Ruck (2:09.49) also clearing the previous meet record of 2:09.74 set by Kylie Stewart back in 2013.
Those three swims put the top three among the top five 18-and-under swimmers in the world this year.
The swims pale in comparison to Daria K. Ustinova’s World Junior record of 2:07.29 from the Russian Nationals in Moscow, but are still fast compared to the rest of the world.
18&Under World Rankings According to USA Swimming Stats
[table “” not found /]Canada’s Meryn McCann finished fourth in 2:10.34, while USA’s Claire Adams could not replicate her time from Nationals with a fifth-place 2:10.50.
Russia’s Irina Prikhodko (2:10.64), Great Britain’s Rosie Rudin (2:12.23) and Japan’s Natsumi Sakai (2:12.51) also competed in the finale.
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Women’s 50 fly semis
- Men’s 50 free semis
- Women’s 200 back finals
- Men’s 100 fly finals
- Women’s 100 breast semis
- Men’s 50 back semis
- Women’s 100 free finals
- Men’s 800 free finals
- Mixed 400 free relay finals
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