Saturday, August 1, 2009

Higl clinches 200m breaststroke victory at World championships

Rome, ITALY, July 31, 2009 - Serbia's Nadja Higl won the gold medal in the women's 200 meters breaststroke at the 13th FINA World Championships in Rome.

Higl swam two minutes, 21.62 seconds to take the first place just in front of Canada's Annamay Pierse (2:21.84), who had set a new world record of 2:20.12 in the semifinals.

Austria's Mirna Jukic took the bronze medal with 2:21.97.

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