Ranomi Kromowidjojo Unleashes 22.93 50 Free SCM World Record

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Ranomi Kromowidjojo sprinted her way to the top of the podium and into the record books of the women’s 50 free. The Dutch Olympian unleashed a 22.93 to become the first woman to break the 23 second mark in finals of the short course 50 free.

Her time downs the previous world record of 23.10 by Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom just five days earlier at the Moscow stop of the 2017 FINA World Cup. Amazingly, Sjostrom, herself, also swam beneath her 23.10 world record with a 23.00 showing in Berlin.

Today’s world record marks the third time in history that Kromowidjojo has either set or tied the world record. She first began her sprinting quest with a 23.24 in 2013, before tying her own world record in 2015.

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