Photo of Team Poland with Marek Grzywa, Tomasz Lutkowski, Leszek Naziemiec, Krzysztof Kubiak, Hania Bakuniak, Michał Perl, Rafał Domeracki, Dariusz Bakuniak, Ola Bednarek, Piotr Biankowski and Remigiusz Golebiowski. Results courtesy of International Ice Swimming Association, Murmansk, Russia.

Hanna Bakuniak had an outstanding competition at the International Ice Swimming Association 3rd World Championship and 1st Ice Swimming Arctic Cup in Murmansk, Russia this week.

She finished 3rd in the 200m freestyle, 3rd in the Ice Kilometer, 4th in the 50m butterfly, and culminated the meet with a victory – for her first world title – in the 50m freestyle today as the snow fell on the frozen lake venue.

The 23-year-old Polish star had to give it everything she had to just barely beat Germany’s Alisa Fatum who won the 500m freestyle and Ice Kilometer as well as placing 2nd in the 50m butterfly and 50m freestyle.

In third place just slightly back was another young emerging star Ciara Doran of Ireland who won the 200m freestyle, finished 2nd in the Ice Kilometer, 5th in the 50m butterfly and 3rd in the 50m freestyle.

50m Freestyle Overall Top 50 Female Results
1. Hanna Bakuniak (23) Poland 30:83

2. Alisa Fatum (24) Germany 30:94
3. Ciara Doran (19) Ireland 31:30
4. Irine Bryntseva (19) Russia 31:45
5. Elina Mäkinen (26) Finland 31:51
6. Aleksandra Bednarek (21) Poland 31:58

7. Jade-Fern Perry (37) Great Britain 31:60
8. Joffle Marion (20) France 31:76
9. Olga Meshkova (44) Russia 32:23
10. Caroline Saxon (28) Great Britain 32:31

11. Ailén Lascano Micaz (28) 32:50
12. Samantha Whelpton (34) 33:20
13. Marcelle Stiemens (52) 33:49
14. Merle Vantsi (54) 33:52
15. Lotta Mäkinen (23) 33:65
16. Margarita Ovsyannikova (29) 34:17

17. Victoria Mori (29) 34:20
18. Oksana Beltskay (42) 34:78
19. Barbara Hernandez (34) 35:00

20. Anna Aksakova (33) 35:40
21. Natalia Gnutova (47) 35:48
22. Eva Hergel (27) 35:54
23. Maryse Pretorius (31) 36:76
24. Jaimie Monahan (40) 36:83
25. Elena Mineeva (44) 36:90
26. Natalia Usacheva (43) 37:11
27. Lenka Šlehoverová (37) 37:24

28. Peggy Henning (51) 38:13
29. Tatiana Kozhina (52) 38:88
30. Irina Zaitseva (31) 38:96
31. Elena Guseva (49) 40:79
32. Kate Steels (50) 41:04
33. Kathrin Runge (50) 41:20
34. Lyubov Gilyazova (58) 41:41
35. Elke Ortloff (66) 41:99
36. Elena Fursova (55) 43:49
37. Ekaterina Nekrasova (39) 43:82

38. Ekaterina Kurganova (41) 43:93
39. Eva Hallama (39) 44:17
40. Svetlana Vlasenko (39) 48:52

41. Ellery McGowan (73) 48:86
42. Els Wermenbol (65) 49:20
43. Tatiana Alexandrova (55) 49:76

44. Wei Wang (65) 54:52
45. Larisa Kharitonova (56) 54:85

46. Yuan Tian (61) 55:80
47. Irina Sak (30) 56:50
48. Elena Makaryevskaya (33) 57:20

49. Gaixian Yang (63) 59:36
50. Natalia Seray (53) 1:00:00

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