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WOMEN’S 200M BUTTERFLY – FINALS
2013 World Champion: Liu Zige, CHN – 2:04.59
World Record: 2:01.81 – Liu Zige, CHN – 2009
Championship Record: 2:03.41 – Jessicah Schipper, AUS – 2009
GOLD: Natsumi Hoshi, JPN – 2:05.56
SILVER: Cammile Adams, USA – 2:06.40
BRONZE: Zhang Yufei, CHN – 2:06.51 JR WR
Natsumi Hoshi ran away with the women’s 200 butterfly, winning the gold medal with her time of 2:05.56. Cammile Adams picked up the silver medal with her time of 2:06.40, and China’s Zhang Yufei broke her own Jr World Record en route to winning the bronze medal with her time of 2:06.51.
Brianna Throssell of Australia and Franziska Hentke of Germany just missed the podium, tying for fourth at at 2:06.78.
Katie McLaughlin of the United States finished sixth at 2:06.95 and Hungary’s Liliana Szilagyi finished seventh at 2:07.76.