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This week’s Performance Of The Week, sponsored by LumaLanes, goes Swedish Olympic gold medalist Sarah Sjostrom, who broke the world record in the 100 freestyle. Sjostrom led off the Swedish 4 x 100 freestyle relay in 51.71 on the first night of finals, adding to her world record collection. She already owns the world records in the 50 and 100 butterflies.
The sprint specialist broke the 2016 world record that was previously held by Australia’s Cate Campbell, who opted out of these World Championships to focus on the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Looking at the splits, Sjostrom was out just under Campbell’s pace (24.83 to Campbell’s 24.89), but really separated herself on the second 50 with a lightning fast closing split of 26.88.
That swim makes Sjostrom the first women ever to break 52 seconds from a flat start and makes her the fastest woman in history by more than 3-tenths of a second. That continues with the incredible year that Sjostrom has been putting together which has her at the top of the world rankings in the 50 and 100 butterflies and 50 and 100 freestyles.
While the Swedish relay would finish 5th with a time of 3:33.94, Sjostrom has a full event slate ahead of her that could conceivably have her challenging for four individual World Championship titles.
Congratulations Sarah Sjostrom on earning Swimming World’s Performance of the Week!
Special Thanks to LumaLanes for sponsoring Swimming World’s Performance of the Week.
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