{"id":471423,"date":"2021-05-03T11:09:33","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T18:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=471423"},"modified":"2021-05-03T11:09:33","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T18:09:33","slug":"sarah-sjostrom-eyes-return-to-competition-at-mare-nostrum-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sarah-sjostrom-eyes-return-to-competition-at-mare-nostrum-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Sjostrom Eyes Return to Competition at Mare Nostrum Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Olympic champion Sarah Sjostrom<\/strong> is looking ahead to the Tokyo Olympics, but the injured star is not looking too far ahead \u2014 just enough to target a return date after her elbow injury.<\/p>\n

Sjostrom plans to return to racing during the Mare Nostrum Series. The Canet stop is June 1-2. She detailed the plan to Swedish news source Dagens Nyheter<\/a>. She then hopes to compete at the Italian Sette Colli Trophy in late June.<\/p>\n

After a strong International Swimming League (ISL) season, Sjostrom was injured and has been slowly getting back into the water, starting with freestyle motions, she posted a couple of weeks ago<\/a>. She is now three months post-op from her surgery.<\/p>\n

Sjostrom\u00a0sustained the injury to her right elbow when she slipped on ice<\/a> on her way to Reimersholme, south of Stockholm, in February and she was quickly transported to hospital where the fracture was diagnosed and she had surgery<\/a> to repair the injury.<\/p>\n

Now, she is continuing to prepare to defend her Olympic title in the 100 butterfly.<\/p>\n

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