World Record holder Alia Atkinson opened up the 6th stop of the FINA World Cup series at the Tatsumi International Swimming Centre in Tokyo Japan today with a 6th place finish
She placed sixth in the women’s 100 metres individual medley after stopping the clock at 59.27 seconds in the event which was won by the iron lady Katinka Hosszu of Hungary who was timed at 57.25 seconds.
Atkinson will be in action again tomorrow in her pet event the women’s 100 metres Breastroke.