2019 FINA WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
- All sports: Friday, July 12 – Sunday, July 28, 2019
- Pool swimming: Sunday, July 21 – Sunday, July 28, 2019
- The Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center, Gwangju, Korea
- Meet site
- FinaTV Live Stream
- Live results
British sprinter Anna Hopkin, a rising senior at the University of Arkansas, smashed her previous personal-best time in the 100-meter freestyle and became the second-fastest woman in British history with 53.21. Seeded with 54.02, she shaved 8/10 off her time and finished second to Simone Manuel (53.10) in heat 8 at FINA World Championships, qualifying third overall for the semi-finals.
Double thumbs up from @annahopkin as she obliterates her PB in the 100m Freestyle heats this morning. Her 53.21 time sees her through 3rd fastest #FINAGwangju2019 pic.twitter.com/vEeqshUiLx
— Aquatics GB (@Aquatics_GB) July 25, 2019
Hopkin has been a rising star in British swimming over the past several years. She won the 50 free at 2017 British Swimming Championships, edging Olympic silver-medalist Siobhan-Marie O’Connor, then represented Team GBR at the 2017 Summer Universiade. At the 2019 British Championships, she became the fifth-fastest British swimmer in history in both the 100 free and the 50 free, becoming one of only five British women under the 25-second barrier in the latter.
Hopkin will swim in the semi-finals of the 100 free on Thursday night in Gwangju. She is also entered in the 50 free whose heats are Saturday morning.
100-meter Freestyle – British Swimming
| 1 | Francesca Halsall | 13th Fina World Champs2009 | Rome | 31/07/09 | 52.87 |
| 2 | Freya Anderson | European Championships 2018 | Glasgow | 08/08/18 | 53.61 |
| 3 | Siobhan-Marie O’Connor | British Championships 2015 | London | 14/04/15 | 53.81 |
| 4 | Amy Smith | British Gas Swimming Championships 2012 | London | 08/03/12 | 54.01 |
| 5 | Anna Hopkin | British Championships 2019 | Glasgow | 19/04/19 | 54.02 |
Great PB for her. Hope she still has more in the tank. Now I’m wishing we’d put her on the mixed medley relay instead of Anderson.
Rather than nit picking the page, why aren’t people focusing on the actual swim???
Fastest British textile swim which is incredible. Anna’s rise has been something else, I hope she makes the final
GBR are going to have a pretty useful mixed freestyle relay.
Wattel & Popchanka arent British.
Can we beg Halsall to come back? Potentially tasty 4×1 haha
Would still be nowhere near the medals
Hard to tell who’s feeling good after prelims. Simone also didn’t look bad, though. Finals will be interesting.
Wattel is French not British
Same for Popchanka