{"id":494152,"date":"2021-12-21T09:40:26","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T16:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=494152"},"modified":"2021-12-21T15:41:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T22:41:01","slug":"short-course-world-championships-sarah-sjostrom-wins-double-gold-50-free-400-medley-relay-day-six-womens-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/short-course-world-championships-sarah-sjostrom-wins-double-gold-50-free-400-medley-relay-day-six-womens-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Short Course World Championships: Sarah Sjostrom Wins Double Gold, 50 Free & 400 Medley Relay (Day Six Women’s Recap)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Short Course World Championships: Sarah Sjostrom Wins Double Gold, 50 Free & 400 Medley Relay (Day Six Women’s Recap)<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the Short Course World Championships,\u00a0Sarah Sjostrom\u00a0<\/strong>saved the best for last. She had won silver medals in her first two individual events, but she won gold in a dominant performance in the women’s 50 freestyle, and less than a half-hour later, she swam the butterfly leg on Sweden’s world-champion 400 medley relay, joining sisters\u00a0Louise\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Sophie Hansson<\/strong> and anchor\u00a0Michelle Coleman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It was also a big day for the United States as Abbey Weitzeil<\/strong>, Claire Curzan<\/strong>, Katharine Berkoff<\/strong> and Kate Douglass<\/strong> won gold in the women’s 200 freestyle relay, and Emily Escobedo <\/strong>claimed gold in the 200 breaststroke. Meanwhile, Canada’s\u00a0Maggie MacNeil<\/strong> won her second gold medal of the meet with a triumph in the women’s 100 butterfly.<\/p>\n