Rebecca Heyliger took part in her second event of the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona. Heyliger competed in the Women's 50m Freestyle.
Heyliger competing in Heat 5 of 9 swimming in Lane 8 finished 6th, she recorded the 45th fastest qualifying time touching the wall in a time of 26.86.
Hayliger just missed out on breaking the Bermuda Women’s 50m Long Course Freestyle Record by 3 one hundredth of the second. Kiera Aitken holds the record of 26.83 she set on August 1st 2009, during the 13th FINA World Championships in Rome, Italy.