WOMEN’S 200 FREESTYLE – FINALS
At the 100, it was neck and neck between Katie Ledecky and Missy Franklin. The pair flipped at 56.64 and 56.74, respectively. On the third 50, Ledecky pulled a little ahead, but Franklin kept it close. At the end of the race, Katie Ledecky reached the wall for the win at 1:55.16. Missy Franklin finished second at 1:56.40. Leah Smith booked her ticket to Pan Pac’s with her third place finish at 1:57.57. Shannon Vreeland finished fourth with her time of 1:57.73.
Chelsea Chenault finished fifth with her time of 1:58.60, followed by Cierra Runge at 1:58.70 for sixth.
Rounding out the top 8 in the women’s 200 freestyle was Simone Manuel at 1:58.79 and Sarah Henry at 1:59.05.
Allison Schmitt won the B-final with her time of 1:58.36. Madisyn Cox finished second at 1:59.22.
Emily Allen dropped more than three seconds to win the C-final of the 200 freestyle at 1:59.35.
A Final
B Final
C Final
Ledecky’s time is just 2/100 shy of the time that gave Federica Pellegrini the silver medal at the 2013 WC. Scary.
Katie said recently she will probably not swim the 200 free in individual at the world championships next year because the schedule would be too hard. However at the olympic games, with no women’s 1500 free, she said she would probably swim that event.
400 free/800 free/1500 free/4X200 free relay in 2015. With the 400 free world record on day 1 when Katie will be fresh. Sorry Luigi but Federica will be erased. 😉
200 free/400 free/800 free/4X200 free relay in 2016.
I know very well Federica will be erased. Actually, by all rights she should be already out of the picture, given her age and the kind of events she specializes in. She has already defied nature and made history and I for one will have no complaints when the inevitable happens and she retires. She keeps saying she will retire after Rio, but I just can’t see a 28 y old woman being a contender in the individual 200 free.