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The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 25 July to 27 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was the event's fourteenth consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1968.
Breaststroke is the slowest of the four official styles in competitive swimming.The fastest breaststrokers can swim about 1.70 meters (~5.6 feet) per second. It is sometimes the hardest to teach to rising swimmers after butterfly due to the importance of timing and the coordination required to move the legs properly.
U.S. swimmer Lilly King stormed home on the final lap in a match against Russia's Yuliya Yefimova to capture the sprint breaststroke title for the first time since Megan Quann topped the podium in 2000. With 15 metres to go, King launched a mighty surge to pass Yefimova by more than half a second for the gold medal with a time of 1:04.93.
At the 2023 Canadian trials, Angus won the 100 m breaststroke for the second consecutive year. [15] At the 2023 World Aquatics Championships she did not advance out of the heats in either the 50 m or 100 m breaststroke, but won a bronze medal swimming the breaststroke leg for the Canadian team in the women's 4×100 m medley. Angus posted times ...
The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 1–2 August 2012 at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom. [1]U.S. swimmer Rebecca Soni cleared a 2:20-barrier in a remarkable world record to defend her Olympic title for the first time in the event's history.
Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Venue Gold Coast Aquatic Centre Dates 7 April Competitors 16 from 8 nations Winning time 2:22.02 Medalists Tatjana Schoenmaker South Africa Molly Renshaw England Chloé Tutton Wales ← 2014 2022 → Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Freestyle 50 m men women 50 m S7/S8 men women 100 m men women 100 m S9 men women 200 m men ...
Rie made her international swimming debut at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand, quickly claiming a silver medal in the 200 m breaststroke by less than 0.04 of a second behind South Korea's Jung Seul-ki in 2:25.63. Rie's best effort at these Games vaulted her up to twelfth in the world rankings. [3] [4]
Women's 100 metre breaststroke at the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Venue: Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre: Location: Melbourne, Australia: Dates: