{"id":594711,"date":"2024-08-04T09:42:03","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T16:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=594711"},"modified":"2024-08-05T09:21:57","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T16:21:57","slug":"paris-olympics-day-9-sarah-sjostrom-completes-sprint-double-with-50-free-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/paris-olympics-day-9-sarah-sjostrom-completes-sprint-double-with-50-free-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris Olympics, Day 9: Sarah Sjostrom Completes Sprint Double with 50 Free Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paris Olympics, Day 9: Sarah Sjostrom Completes Sprint Double with 50 Free Gold<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sarah Sjostrom<\/strong> arrived at her first Olympics in 2008 at age 14, made a few ripples for Sweden and left the Games a 15-year-old.<\/p>\n

Later this month, Sjostrom will turn 31. She\u2019ll do so as one of the most distinguished female sprinters of all time.<\/p>\n

Sjostrom added to her legacy Sunday night on the final evening the Paris Olympics with a swim of 23.71 seconds to win the women\u2019s 50 freestyle.<\/p>\n

“I never thought I would win a gold medal at my fifth Olympics,” said Sjostrom, who pulled double duty at night with the women’s medley relay.<\/p>\n

The medal is her sixth at the Olympics, and she\u2019s now won the 100 fly (2016), 100 free (2024) and 50. It\u2019s her 96th medal in international competition and proof that she is not slowing down even as she has ticked into her 30s. Sjostrom is the fifth woman in the last seven Olympics to do the 50\/100 double, including Emma McKeon<\/strong> at the Tokyo Games.<\/p>\n