A World Championship globally to forget for Analia Pigrée. A year after her magnificent bronze medal won in Budapest in the 50m backstroke final, the 21-year-old Frenchwoman failed to confirm on the Fukuoka side on Thursday.
Already in great difficulty on Monday during the 100m backstroke series, where she was eliminated with the 30th time unworthy of her talent and potential, Analia Pigrée had regained some color by qualifying for the 50m backstroke final with a promising time of 27”70. But to hope to get on the podium, the backstroker had to do even better, by going for her French record (27”27). Alas, she stayed very far…
However, the Guyanese had made a good start, with a very correct reaction time. But her action quickly proved to be insufficient and she was overwhelmed from all sides to finish 8th and last (28”04). Far from the Australian Kaylee McKeown, titled in 27”08, and the American Regan Smith, in silver (27”1). Britain’s Lauren Cox completes this podium that Analia Pigrée dreamed of.
