Maggie Mac Neil wins 100m butterfly title at FINA World Championships
19-year-old Margaret Mac Neil beat defending Olympic champion Sarah Sjöström to win the 100m butterfly gold medal at the FINA World Championships on Monday.
She is the second Canadian woman to win a swimming world title, after Kylie Masse won the 100m backstroke title in 2017.
Mac Neil set a Canadian record in the process, swimming a time of 55.83 seconds.
5th at the turn?
🇨🇦 Maggie MacNeil TURNS ON THE JETS and defeats reigning champ and world-record holder Sarah Sjostrom of 🇸🇪 in the 100m butterfly to win gold
She clocked in at 55.83 seconds #Gwangju2019 @SwimmingCanada pic.twitter.com/g0jEayRd3R
— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) July 22, 2019
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Following Mac Neil’s victory, Sydney Pickrem finished third in the women’s 200m medley race. This is her second World Championship medal. In 2017, she won bronze in the 400m medley.
READ: Pickrem wins 400m IM bronze on final day of FINA World Championships
🚨MEDAL ALERT
🇨🇦Sydney Pickrem wins bronze in the 200m IM with a time of 2:08.70.
She finished behind 🇭🇺Katinka Hosszu and 🇨🇳Ye Shiwen #FINAGwangju2019 @SwimmingCanada pic.twitter.com/G9dQw73reJ
— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) July 22, 2019
Competition at the FINA World Championships continues through to July 28.
To catch all the action, you can find a downloadable schedule of CBC’s livestream here.
