Kelowna's Taylor Ruck adds World Cup 100m backstroke silver in Astana

Now underway, the women's 100 backstroke final and for the final time on the Silk Road Tour, we see Marit Steenbergen hit the water and hit the water with fury as she turns through the first 25 in the prime position. Oh, it's a celebratory swim for Marit Steenbergen, isn't it? So good underwater. She was 0.74 off the reaction time again, but she's opened up a big lead through the halfway point. She turns in 26.83. Ruck is close enough, but I don't think she's going to have enough to challenge Marit Steenbergen. She needs one more good turn here to put in a world-class performance. The last turn, here they flip. It's more important than the first two combined. Well, Ruck is the lead of the charge, but it's a charge of not much as Marit Steenbergen is cleared out the field, as it's said. So, the celebratory swim from Marit Steenbergen, 55-4 takes the win and with it 180,000 US dollars to Marit Steenbergen your crown champion your series champion the Dutch woman can do no wrong what a swim what a three week tour it's been for Marit Steenbergen she can finally raise her arms in triumph she takes out every single title she takes her fourth crown here in the 100 meters backstroke and she'll take a big paycheck back to the Netherlands with her. We look at the replay here. It's really the three turns where she's so dominant across against the rest of the field. This was coming into the 50. Taylor Ruck trying to go out with her. Just didn't have that sort of speed. Not underwater and not on top of the water. And in the end, the margin of victory by a body length there. She's gotten so good at executing her swims here across the Silk Road Tour. Confirmation, it is as it was Steenbergen, Ruck, Peplovsky