Kanako Watanabe grabs gold in women’s 200m breaststroke

The gold medal was claimed by Kanako Watanabe of Japan who covered the distance in 2:21.15. American swimmer Micah Lawrence was the second fastest swimmer in the race touching the wall in 2:22.44. The most exciting struggle unfolded for bronze. Rikke Moller Pedersen of Denmark, Jessica Vall of Spain, Jinglin Shi of China stopped the watch at the same time, 2:22.76, which resulted in all the three female swimmers sharing the third spot on the podium.

FINA Worlds 2015. Swimming

Women. 200m breaststroke

1. Kanako WATANABE (JPN) - 2:21.15

2. Micah LAWRENCE (USA) - 2:22.44

3. Rikke Moller PEDERSEN (DEN) - 2:22.76

3. Jinglin SHI (CHN) - 2:22.76

3. Jessica VALL (ESP) - 2:22.76

Kazan Arena Stadium. August 7

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