Sarah Sjostrom Clocks Swift Time to Claim 50 Freestyle Title at Stockholm Open
Coming off the latest sub-25 performance of her career in the 50-meter butterfly, Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom continued to excel at the Stockholm Open on Sunday. Competing in the 50 freestyle, where she is the world-record holder, Sjostrom cruised to victory in 24.05. That effort handed Sjostrom a dominant triumph over runnerup Valerie Roon (Netherlands), who posted a time of 24.90.
Sjostrom’s preparation for this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris is clearly progressing smoothly, she also checked in with a 24.08 swim during the prelims of the event. Sjostrom has won the 50 freestyle at the last three editions of the World Championships and holds the global standard in the event at 23.61.
The Netherlands’ Tes Schouten, who earlier this year won the world title in the 200 breaststroke, won her specialty in a meet-record time of 2:23.38. That effort was good for a comfortable margin over the Czech Republic’s Kristyna Horska, who touched the wall in 2:24.74. Sweden’s Sophie Hansson followed in third place in 2:24.85.
Estonia’s Kregor Zirk bested the field in the men’s 200 butterfly behind a swim of 1:58.18.
Other winners:
Women’s 400 Freestyle: Maya Werner (Germany) – 4:11.54
Men’s 100 Freestyle: Heiko Gigler (Austria) – 49.10
Women’s 200 Backstroke: Manon Domingeon (France) – 2:12.61
Men’s 400 Individual Medley: Richard Nagy (Slovakia) – 4:21.50
Women’s 200 Individual Medley: Nele Schulze (Germany) – 2:14.07
Men’s 100 Backstroke: Knedla Miroslav (Czech Republic) – 54.20
