{"id":262547,"date":"2017-06-27T11:00:56","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T18:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=262547"},"modified":"2017-06-27T10:06:40","modified_gmt":"2017-06-27T17:06:40","slug":"lumalanes-performance-of-the-week-pernille-blume-blasts-meet-record-in-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/lumalanes-performance-of-the-week-pernille-blume-blasts-meet-record-in-rome\/","title":{"rendered":"LumaLanes Performance of the Week: Pernille Blume Blasts Meet Record In Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week\u2019s Performance Of The Week, <\/span>sponsored by LumaLanes<\/span><\/a>, goes to <\/span>Pernille Blume<\/b> of Denmark for her meet record in the 50 freestyle at the 2017 Sette Colli International in Rome, Italy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Blume hit the wall in 24.13, a new meet record that took down <\/span>Ranomi Kromowidjojo\u2019s<\/b> mark of 24.21 from 2012. Kromowidjojo was actually in the race against Blume, finishing more than two-tenths back (24.39) in second. <\/span><\/p>\n

Blume\u2019s 24.13 cuts two one-hundredths off of her <\/span>season best of 24.15 from the Stockholm Open<\/span><\/a>, and is the second fastest time in the world this year behind <\/span>Sarah Sjostrom\u2019s <\/b>23.83 from that same meet. While Sjostrom has been dominating the 50 free in 2017, Blume has now quietly put together to 24.1 50 swims that are both within a tenth of her lifetime best time. <\/span><\/p>\n

Blume\u2019s lifetime best is the 24.07 that won her Olympic gold in the 50 freestyle in Rio, and while it will likely take a sub-24 second 50 free to win in Budapest it is not unbelieveable that the 23-year old could make that jump this summer. While she has had success in short course leading up to 2016, Rio was Blume\u2019s first individual international long course gold. <\/span><\/p>\n

While the gold medalist will have tough competition in Sjostrom, Blume does have the advantage of a relatively lighter Worlds schedule than Sjostrom, who is competing in the 50 and 100 butterfly in addition to the 50 and 100 free and, presumably, multiple relay events as well. <\/span><\/p>\n

Congratulations Pernille Blume on earning Swimming World\u2019s Performance of the Week!<\/span><\/p>\n

Special Thanks to LumaLanes <\/a>for sponsoring Swimming World’s Performance of the Week.<\/p>\n

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