Sarah Sjostrom Easily On Top of Women’s 50 Fly Prelims; Worrell Second

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Women’s 50 Fly

Sarah Sjostrom topped the prelim heats of yet another event in which she is favored to win a World title. She finished first in the 50 fly prelims in 25.25, a half-second off her world-leading time of 24.76 but still four tenths ahead of the second qualifier, American Kelsi Worrell.

Worrell took second in 25.65, and Japan’s Rikako Ikee was the third qualifier in 25.72. Just behind in fourth was Germany’s Aliena Schmidtke (25.73), while the Netherlands’ Ranomi Kromowidjojo tied for fifth with Egypt’s Farida Osman in 25.74.

French swimmers Beryl Gastadello (25.79) and Melanie Henique (25.81) finished seventh and eighth, respectively, while Belgium’s Kimberly Buys (25.82), Canada’s Penny Oleksiak (25.87), Denmark’s Emilie Beckmann (25.88) and Australia’s Holly Barratt (25.91) also broke 26.

Claiming the last four spots in the semi-finals were Poland’s Aleksandra Urbanczyk (26.00), the Netherlands’ Maaike De Waard (26.03), Italy’s Silvia Di Pietro (26.24) and China’s Lu Ying (26.34).

Sarah Gibson, the other American in the field, finished in a three-way tie for 22nd at 26.65.

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