Alia
Atkinson from Jamaica knew she was close to the victory and for some seconds
looked at the scoreboard, perhaps waiting to see her name next to number 2. When
she realised that in fact she was aligned with number 1, she couldn't almost
believe it: her expression after getting the gold in the women's 100m
breaststroke says everything about the surprising outcome of the race. Swimming
next to her, Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania, the World Record (WR) holder in
1:02.36 and fastest of the semis in a Championships Record (CR) of 1:02.43,
seemed to have the race under control, but gliding in excess in the last
stroke, she allowed the triumph of the Jamaican star. In an equalled WR of
1:02.36, Atkinson won the first gold medal ever in the history of three
Championships for her country, while Meilutyte got the silver in 1:02.46. On
Day 2, the 50m breaststroke had finished in the reverse order, with the
Lithuanian earning gold and Atkinson finishing second.
On the
fourth day of the 12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) in Doha, this
was one of the highlights of the evening session, which registered four other
World Records: after getting the gold and the best world mark in the 50m free,
Florent Manaudou (FRA) was again imperial in the 50m backstroke, stopping the
clock in 22.22, much faster than the 22.61 established by Peter Marhsall (USA)
in 2009. The French champion, also surprised with his time, didn't have much
time to rest, qualifying some minutes later for the final of the 100m free with
the third fastest time of the semis (behind Cesar Cielo and Joao de Lucca, from
Brazil).
Katinka
Hosszu (HUN) continued to impress, getting her fourth gold, accompanied by WR
performance. After the 100m and 200m backstroke, and the 100m IM, the Magyar
champion dominated the field in the 200m IM, touching home in a new global best
of 2:01.86, improving her own WR (2:02.13) set in August 31 in Dubai (UAE)
during the FINA/MASTBANK Swimming World Cup. With her two silver medals in the
200m butterfly and 400m IM, Hosszu is now the best female swimmer in Doha,
confirming her status as dominator of the current short-course season, crowned
by the recent award of FINA Best Female Swimmer of 2014.
In the
first event of the day, the team of Russia improved their own WR (1:23.36) from
2013 in the men's 4x50m free relay, touching home in 1:22.60. Thanks to a very
fast start from Vladimir Morozov (21.01), the Russian quartet always controlled
the pace of the race, and his teammates - Evgeny Sedov, Oleg Tikhobaev and
Sergei Fesikov - were very regular, never losing the first place. The minor
medals in this new event at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) went to
USA (silver) and Italy (bronze). In the mixed 4x50m free relay, also a
premiere, the United States (Josh Schneider, Matt Grevers, Madison Kennedy and
Abbey Weitzeil) also improved the WR of this recent event, earning gold in
1:28.57 and leaving the previous WR holders, Russia, with the silver.
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