{"id":147752,"date":"2015-08-03T07:56:21","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T14:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=147752"},"modified":"2015-08-03T07:58:23","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T14:58:23","slug":"sarah-sjostrom-slices-100-fly-world-record-for-gold-at-the-2015-fina-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sarah-sjostrom-slices-100-fly-world-record-for-gold-at-the-2015-fina-world-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Sjostrom Slices 100 Fly World Record For Gold at the 2015 FINA World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom<\/strong> did it again as she shaved off a tenth from her world record in the women’s 100-meter fly finals at the 2015 FINA World Championships.<\/p>\n

Heading into this meet, only Dana Vollmer<\/strong> had ever broken 56 seconds as she owned the world record with a 55.98. \u00a0Sjostrom crashed the party with a world-record time of 55.74 during the semifinal heats.<\/p>\n

Tonight, Sjostrom took the time even lower to 55.64 to give Vollmer a new goal to chase as she’s returned to the pool with eyes on battling Sjostrom at the 2016 Rio Olympics.<\/p>\n

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Tonight, Sjostrom changed up the game plan by going out much faster and holding on for the victory. \u00a0That’s her third world title and fourth world championship medal overall.<\/p>\n

Denmark’s Jeanette Ottesen<\/strong>, finding her form after a broken finger from a road rage attack last month<\/a>, earned silver in a time of 57.05. \u00a0That’s just off her semifinal swim of 57.04, but was good enough for her third world championship medal. She already has two golds in her career.<\/p>\n

China’s Lu Ying<\/strong> rounded out the podium with a third-place\u00a0time of 57.48, her fourth career world medal with two silvers and two bronze.<\/p>\n

Australia’s Emma McKeon<\/strong> (57.67), Canada’s Katerine Savard<\/strong> (57.69), China’s Chen Xinyi<\/strong> (57.85), Germany’s Alexandra Wenk<\/strong> (57.94) and Canada’s Noemie Thomas<\/strong> (58.22) also competed in the finale.<\/p>\n

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