{"id":570841,"date":"2023-10-15T01:52:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T08:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=570841"},"modified":"2023-10-15T02:15:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-15T09:15:41","slug":"world-cup-athens-day-3-prelims-sarah-sjostrom-kaylee-mckeown-make-two-finals-on-last-night-in-greek-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-cup-athens-day-3-prelims-sarah-sjostrom-kaylee-mckeown-make-two-finals-on-last-night-in-greek-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup Athens, Day 3 Prelims: Sarah Sjostrom &#038; Kaylee McKeown Each Through To Two Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>World Cup Athens, Day 3 Prelims: Sarah Sjostrom &amp; Kaylee McKeown Each Through To Two Finals<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Sarah Sjostrom<\/strong> reached the finals of the 100 fly and 100 free on the final morning of prelims at the <strong>World Aquatics Swimming World Cup<\/strong> in Athens.<\/p>\n<p>Sjostrom has already claimed the fly and free sprint titles in the Greek capital and now returns to the two-length events.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kaylee McKeown<\/strong> seeks a backstroke clean sweep in the 200 as well as the 200IM with <strong>Qin Haiyang<\/strong> also going for a breaststroke hat-trick.<\/p>\n<p>McKeown leads the women&#8217;s <strong>World Cup<\/strong> rankings ahead of Sjostrom and <strong>Zhang Yufei<\/strong> with <strong>Matt Sates<\/strong> &#8211; who won two titles on Saturday despite a fractured wrist &#8211; heading the men&#8217;s equivalent with <strong>Michael Andrew<\/strong> second.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omegatiming.com\/2023\/world-aquatics-swimming-world-cup-2-live-results\">Link to results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-cup-athens-day-1-finals-kaylee-mckeown-goes-within-0-04-of-50-back-world-record\/\">Day One Finals<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-cup-athens-day-2-finals-kaylee-mckeown-tickles-100-back-wr-as-four-meet-marks-fall\/\">Day Two Finals<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how day three prelims unfolded:<\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 400IM Slowest Heats<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Joshua Brown<\/strong> headed the slowest heat which featured just seven swimmers in 4:31.06, a time unlikely to make a dent in the evening&#8217;s fastest heat.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"570843\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-cup-athens-day-3-prelims-sarah-sjostrom-kaylee-mckeown-make-two-finals-on-last-night-in-greek-capital\/2023-10-15\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15.png\" data-orig-size=\"711,375\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2023-10-15\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2023-10-15&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-700x375.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-570843 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-700x375.png\" alt=\"2023-10-15\" width=\"700\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 100m Butterfly<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sarah Sjostrom<\/strong> &#8211; fresh from making her 18th journey inside 25secs in the 50 fly &#8211; booked lane four in the 100.<\/p>\n<p>The Swede stopped the clock at 58.30 with teammate and European champion <strong>Louise Hansson<\/strong> booking the lane alongside her for Sunday&#8217;s final in 58.45.<\/p>\n<p>A race of some quality sees Olympic champion <strong>Maggie MacNeil<\/strong> through in third (58.63) with <strong>Zhang Yufei<\/strong> &#8211; winner in Berlin last week &#8211; progressing in 58.66.<\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"570844\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-cup-athens-day-3-prelims-sarah-sjostrom-kaylee-mckeown-make-two-finals-on-last-night-in-greek-capital\/2023-10-15-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-2.png\" data-orig-size=\"703,361\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2023-10-15 (2)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2023-10-15 (2)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-2-700x361.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-2.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-570844 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-2-700x361.png\" alt=\"2023-10-15 (2)\" width=\"700\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-2-700x361.png 700w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-2-280x144.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-2-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-2-450x231.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-2-533x274.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/> Men&#8217;s 50m Butterfly<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Michael Andrew<\/strong> led the way as the eight qualifiers were separated by 0.42.<\/p>\n<p>The American &#8211; chasing his third title after winning the 50 free and 50 back &#8211; touched in 23.42 ahead of <strong>Dylan Carter<\/strong> (23.48) and <strong>Abdelrahman Sameh<\/strong> (23.58).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chad le Clos<\/strong> &#8211; the 2018 Commonwealth champion &#8211; was 12th.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"570845\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-cup-athens-day-3-prelims-sarah-sjostrom-kaylee-mckeown-make-two-finals-on-last-night-in-greek-capital\/2023-10-15-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-3.png\" data-orig-size=\"703,252\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2023-10-15 (3)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2023-10-15 (3)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-3-700x252.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-3.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-570845 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-3-700x252.png\" alt=\"2023-10-15 (3)\" width=\"700\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-3-700x252.png 700w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-3-280x100.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-3-300x108.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-3-450x161.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-3-533x191.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-3.png 703w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 200m Backstroke<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Katie Grimes<\/strong> led the way in 2:11.32 ahead of<strong> Kaylee McKeown<\/strong> with the Australian clocking 2:11.83 as she looks to repeat her backstroke clean sweep which has seen her rattle the 50 and 100 world records over the past couple of days.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kylie Masse<\/strong>, the Tokyo Olympic silver medallist, progressed third in 2:12.72.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"570846\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-cup-athens-day-3-prelims-sarah-sjostrom-kaylee-mckeown-make-two-finals-on-last-night-in-greek-capital\/2023-10-15-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-4.png\" data-orig-size=\"694,357\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2023-10-15 (4)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2023-10-15 (4)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-4.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-4.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-570846 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-4.png\" alt=\"2023-10-15 (4)\" width=\"694\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-4.png 694w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-4-280x144.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-4-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-4-450x231.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-4-533x274.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 100m Backstroke<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Thomas Ceccon<\/strong> led the way in 54.43, 0.04 ahead of <strong>Apostolos Christou<\/strong> who&#8217;ll have the backing of a loud, large Athens crowd.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ryosuke Irie<\/strong> was next through in 54.72.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"570847\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-cup-athens-day-3-prelims-sarah-sjostrom-kaylee-mckeown-make-two-finals-on-last-night-in-greek-capital\/2023-10-15-5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-5.png\" data-orig-size=\"700,363\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2023-10-15 (5)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2023-10-15 (5)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-5.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-5.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-570847 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-5.png\" alt=\"2023-10-15 (5)\" width=\"700\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-5.png 700w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-5-280x145.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-5-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-5-450x233.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-5-533x276.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 50m Breaststroke<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Ruta Meilutyte<\/strong> &#8211; fresh from her 100 victory &#8211; took top spot in 30.92, the only woman inside 31.<\/p>\n<p>Behind her came <strong>Sophie Hansson<\/strong> (31.02) and Asian Games bronze medallist <strong>Siobhan Haughey<\/strong>, who clocked 31.34.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"570849\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-cup-athens-day-3-prelims-sarah-sjostrom-kaylee-mckeown-make-two-finals-on-last-night-in-greek-capital\/2023-10-15-6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-6.png\" data-orig-size=\"706,259\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2023-10-15 (6)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2023-10-15 (6)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-6-700x259.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-6.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-570849 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-6-700x259.png\" alt=\"2023-10-15 (6)\" width=\"700\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-6-700x259.png 700w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-6-280x103.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-6-300x110.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-6-533x196.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 200m Breaststroke<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Qin Hiayang<\/strong> has yet another breaststroke clean sweep in his sights, setting the second-fastest time of prelims behind <strong>Caspar Corbeau<\/strong>, the Netherlands swimmer going 2:11.28 to the Chinese athlete&#8217;s 2:12.53.<\/p>\n<p>Olympic silver medallist <strong>Arno Kamminga<\/strong> progressed in 2:13.46 with 2022 world short-course silver medallist <strong>Nic Fink<\/strong> squeaking through in eighth.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"570850\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-cup-athens-day-3-prelims-sarah-sjostrom-kaylee-mckeown-make-two-finals-on-last-night-in-greek-capital\/2023-10-15-7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-7.png\" data-orig-size=\"700,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2023-10-15 (7)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2023-10-15 (7)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-7.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-7.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-570850 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-7.png\" alt=\"2023-10-15 (7)\" width=\"700\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-7.png 700w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-7-280x144.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-7-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-7-450x231.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-7-533x274.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 100m Freestyle.<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Marrit Steenbergen<\/strong> led the way in 54.38 ahead of <strong>Bronte Campbell<\/strong> (54.520 and Haughey (54.52).<\/p>\n<p>Olympic silver medallist Haughey last week posted the third-fastest 100 free all-time in 52.02, a time outstripped only by Sjostrom&#8217;s 51.71 WR and <strong>Emma McKeon<\/strong>&#8216;s 51.96.<\/p>\n<p>Sjostrom and <strong>Cate Campbell<\/strong> also made it through in what is set to be a corker of a final.<\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"570852\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-cup-athens-day-3-prelims-sarah-sjostrom-kaylee-mckeown-make-two-finals-on-last-night-in-greek-capital\/2023-10-15-10\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-10.png\" data-orig-size=\"691,355\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2023-10-15 (10)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2023-10-15 (10)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-10.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-10.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-570852 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-15-10.png\" alt=\"2023-10-15 (10)\" width=\"691\" height=\"355\" 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