17-year-old Eneli Jefimova wins historic medal for Estonia in Budapest
Seventeen-year-old Estonian swimmer Eneli Jefimova has won Estonia's first ever medal at the world short course swimming championships. Jefimova took bronze in the women's 100 meters in Budapest on Thursday.
Jefimova, who turns 18 on December 27, finished third in the final of the women's 100m breaststroke, winning bronze with a time of 1 minute 3.25 seconds. Jefimova was just four seconds off her own Estonian national record.
Tang Qianting of China won gold in 1 minute 2.38 seconds, while Lilly King of the United States took silver in 1 minute 2.80 seconds.
"I'm so happy that I finally did it. Today, I was four hundredths short of my personal best, but that's okay. I did my job and I'm really happy with it," said Jefimova after the final. "This was definitely the toughest medal of my life. A bronze medal at the World Championships is a huge deal!"
"Eneli's autumn has been anything but easy," said Jefimova's coach Henry Hein. "There have always been a lot of mistakes and difficult situations. We've never been to a title race before where we didn't really know where Eneli stood. Now to come away from the final with a time like this, almost a personal best and a World Championship bronze, it's really quite incredible."
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