Alia Atkinson conquered gold in her specialty, 50m breaststroke, on the last day of the FINA Swimming World Cup 2018 in the Water Cube, Beijing, China, on Sunday, November 4.
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Atkinson won the 50m breaststroke final in 29.16 seconds — which is just shy of her new world record of 28.56 she set last month in Budapest, Hungary.
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In addition to owning eight of the 14 sub-29 swims in history, Atkinson also owns five of the all-time top-10.
Efimova won silver with 29.63 and Emily Seebohm bronze with 30.35. Atkinson has won US$54,400 in prize money so far on the 2018 World Cup series.
FINA Swimming World Cup will move to Tokyo (November 9-11) and finally conclude in Singapore on November 15-17.
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