Jeanette Ottesen Leads 50 Fly Semis With 24-Second Sprint at Worlds
DOHA – Denmark’s Jeanette Ottesen put up a 24-second swim to lead the way through semis in the 50 fly at the FINA World Short Course Championships.
Denmark’s Jeanette Ottesen raced her way to a 24-second sprint in the women’s 50-meter fly to lead semifinals at the FINA World Short Course Championships.
Ottesen scorched semi 1 with a time of 24.91, just off her second-ranked 24.88 from the Danish Championships.
Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom cleared her third-ranked season best of 25.08 from prelims with a 25.02 to claim the second seed in finals.
The Netherlands’ Inge Dekker, the world leader with a 24.59 from the Dubai stop of the FINA World Cup, cruised into third with a 25.31.
Italy’s Silvia Di Pietro (25.43), China’s Lu Ying (25.50), Brazil’s Daynara De Paula (25.54), Poland’s Aleksandra Urbanczyk (25.61) and France’s Melanie Henique (25.68) will also compete in the finale.
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Scheduled Events
- Men’s 200 medley relay finals
- Women’s 100 free semis
- Men’s 400 IM finals
- Women’s 50 breast finals
- Men’s 100 back finals
- Women’s 50 fly semis
- Men’s 50 free semis
- Women’s 100 back finals
- Men’s 100 breast finals
- Women’s 100 IM semis
- Men’s 100 fly finals
- Women’s 800 free finals
- Men’s 800 free relay finals
- Mixed 200 medley relay finals
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