World Championships: Kasia Wasick, Sarah Sjostrom 1-2 in 50 Free Semis

SJOSTROM Sarah SWE 100m Freestyle Women Heats Swimming FINA 19th World Championships Budapest 2022 Budapest, Duna Arena 22/06/22 Photo Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
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World Championships: Kasia Wasick, Sarah Sjostrom 1-2 in 50 Free Semis

Friday brought World Championship No. 9 for Sarah Sjostrom. The Swedish superstar is seconds away from double-digits.

Sjostrom took care of business in the semifinals of the women’s 50 freestyle at the 2022 FINA World Championships. On the back end of the 50 butterfly/50 freestyle double, she paired her gold medal in the former with a second-place finish in prelims of the latter to easily get into the final.

Setting the pace in semifinals was Kasia Wasick, the 30-year-old Polish swimming setting a personal best and national record 24.11. Sjostrom was second in 24.15. Sjostrom had been the top seed in prelims by .05 up on Wasick.

Both Sjostrom and Torri Huske were among four swimmers that faced a day of doubles in the 50 fly and 50 free. Sjostrom started with the 50 fly crown. Huske in fifth.

The semis of the 50 free were more sedate for both. Huske had 14 minutes between the 100 fly final and her 50 free semifinal. Sjostrom, in the second semifinal heat, got slightly longer, as did 50 fly bronze medalist Zhang Yufei of China and seventh-place Marie Wattel.

Huske was fourth in the first semifinal, but her time of 24.63 got her into the final in seventh. Zhang tied for fifth in 24.60, with Great Britain’s Anna Hopkin. Wattel finished 12th.

Behind Wasick and Sjostrom, Australian Meg Harris was second in the second semifinal heat in 24.39 seconds. The second American in the race, Erika Brown, was fourth in 24.59 to easily get through to get to the final. The eighth and final finals spot went to Julie Kepp Jensen of Denmark in 24.86, .01 up on South Africa’s Emma Chelius. The top 12 finishers were clustered within one second.

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