Sarah Sjostrom Sets New Meet Record in Semis of 50 Fly at 2015 FINA World Championships

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Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom rebounded quickly from the women’s 100-free to top the competition in semis of the 50 fly with a 25.06. Sjostrom’s time lowers the World Championships record of 25.07 set by Sweden’s Theresa Alshammar in 2009.

Denmark’s Jeanette Ottesen turned in a 25.27 for the second-place seed. Ottesen improves on her 2015 best time of 25.48 from the Danish Open.

Great Britain’s Fran Halsall posted a 25.71 from heat two for a spot in the middle of the pool for finals. Halsall shaved .15 seconds off her best of 25.86 from prelims.

Ying Lu of China grabbed the fourth-place seed with a time of 25.79, adding .10 seconds to her prelims time of 25.69.

Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace of the Bahamas and Egypt’s Farida Osman kept it close in heat one finishing .07 seconds apart. Vanderpool-Wallace got her hand to the wall first finishing with a time of 25.81, while Osman settled for the sixth-place seed and a 25.88.

Inge Dekker of the Netherlands (25.90) and Anna Dogwiert of Poland (25.91) finished seventh and eighth respectively.

Scheduled Events

Women’s 100 Free (Finals)
Men’s 200 Back (Finals)
Women’s 200 Back (Semis)
Men’s 50 Free (Semis)
Women’s 200 Breast (Finals)
Men’s 100 Fly (Semis)
Women’s 50 Fly (Semis)
Men’s 200 Breast (Finals)
Men’s 800 Free Relay (Finals)
Men’s 50 Free (Swim-Off)

2015 FINA World Championships Finals, Day 6 – Results

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