DOHA – Brazil won a second straight world title as Etiene Medeiros clipped the world record in the 50 back at the FINA World Short Course Championships. Watch Race Video
Medeiros powered her way to a 25.67 for the win. That swim not only beat the meet record of 25.87 by Emily Seebohm yesterday, it nipped Sanja Jovanovic’s world record of 25.70 from 2009.
With Medeiros’ win, Brazil now has won a total of eight medals this week. That equals the most ever by a Brazilian squad from 2010.
Seebohm, meanwhile, checked in with a silver-winning time of 25.83, also under her meet mark.
Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu, who already set world records in the 100 back, 200 back, 100 IM and 200 IM this week, missed out on a backstroke sweep with a bronze-winning 25.96.
Ukraine’s Daryna Zevina (25.99), USA’s Felicia Lee (26.16), Poland’s Aleksandra Urbanczyk (26.37), Great Britain’s Georgia Davies (26.38) and Czech Republic’s Simona Baumrtova (26.38) closed out the finale.
Lee just missed the American record of 26.13 set by Olivia Smoliga to win in 2012.
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- Women’s 200 free relay
- Men’s 100 free
- Women’s 50 back
- Men’s 200 back
- Women’s 200 breast
- Men’s 100 IM
- Women’s 100 fly
- Men’s 50 breast
- Women’s 50 free
- Men’s 200 fly
- Men’s 1500 free
- Women’s 200 free
- Men’s 400 medley relay
- Women’s 400 medley relay
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