Sjostrom, Blume, Manuel Top Three Seeds in Women’s 100 Free Prelims

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Women’s 100 Free

Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom popped a 53.01 in the prelims of the women’s 100 free, well off her world record of 51.71 set leading off Sweden’s women’s 400 free relay squad Sunday evening, but good enough to claim the top spot into the semi-finals.

Denmark’s Pernille Blume, the Olympic gold medalist in the 50 free, qualified second in 53.13, and she was followed by the two women who shared Olympic gold in the 100 free last year: the United States’ Simone Manuel (53.17) and Canada’s Penny Oleksiak (53.18).

American Mallory Comerford was fifth in 53.42, just ahead of the Netherlands’ Ranomi Kromowidjojo (53.45) and Australians Emma McKeon (53.47) and Bronte Campbell (53.56). Kromowidjojo was the Olympic gold medalist in the event in 2012, while Campbell won the World title in the event two years ago in Kazan.

Italy’s Federica Pellegrini, fresh off her gold medal in the women’s 200 free, was ninth in 53.92, and she will be joined in the semi-finals by France’s Charlotte Bonnet (54.00), China’s Zhu Menghui (54.00), Canada’s Sandrine Mainville (54.22), Sweden’s Michelle Coleman (54.23), Great Britain’s Freya Anderson (54.25) and Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey (54.45).

The Netherlands’ Maud Van Der Meer and Israel’s Andrea Murez tied for 16th in 54.49, necessitating a swim-off to determine the final qualifier into the semis. Murez ended up winning the swim-off, 54.20 to 54.49, to make it back for an evening swim.

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