2026 Malmsten Swim Open Stockholm: Day Three Finals Live Recap

2026 MALMSTEN SWIM OPEN STOCKHOLM

• Thursday, April 9th – Sunday, April 12th
• Prelims at 9:30am local (3:30am ET)/Finals at 6pm local (Noon ET)
• Stockholm, Sweden
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The star of day three of the 2026 Malmsten Swim Open Stockholm is Olympic champion and World Record holder Sarah Sjostrom.

32-year-old Sjostrom dove in this morning for her first race after having given birth to her son Adrian last August.

Sjostrom, one of the most decorated female swimmers in history, secured the top seed in the 50m freestyle, hitting a solid morning swim of 24.62. She’ll battle Hong Kong Olympic multi-medalist Siobhan Haughey in tonight’s final, as Haughey was right behind this morning in 24.93 as the only other sub-25-second competitor.

Americans Brooks Curry, Destin Lasco and Gabriel Jett will all be in the pool tonight, with Curry putting up a particularly spicy heats swim of 48.03 in the 100m free.

That ties Kyle Chalmers‘ meet record and checks in as the 4th-best of the Cal swimmer’s career.

Lasco is set to race in two finals, having reaped the 3rd seed in the 100m free (49.11) and the 2nd seed in the 100m back (55.41). Jett will appear in the 200m fly after notching a top-seeded 1:57.37.

Additional racers to watch this evening include Olympic medalist Isabel Gose of Germany in the 400m free, taking on Aussie open water Olympic medalist Moesha Johnson.

WOMEN’S 400 FREE – FINAL

• Meet Record – 4:04.95, Isabel Gose (GER), 2025
• World Record – 3:54.18, Summer McIntosh (CAN), 2025
• European Record – 3:59.15, Federica Pelligrini (ITA), 2009
• Swedish Record – 4:06.04, Sarah Sjostrom, 2014

GOLD – Isabel Gose (GER), 4:04.51 *Meet Record*
SILVER – Maya Werner (GER), 4:07.13
BRONZE – Moesha Johnson (AUS), 4:08.16

23-year-old Olympic medalist Isabel Gose led a 1-2 German punch to begin tonight’s finals session.

The ace led the women’s 400m free wire-to-wire, ultimately touching in a gold medal-worthy performance of 4:04.51, her fastest of the season. Her outing overtook her own previous meet record of 4:04.95, which she established at last year’s edition of the competition.

Teammate Maya Werner snagged the silver this evening in 4:07.13 to notch the 4th-fastest time of her career.

Australian open water Olympic medalist Moesha Johnson touched in 4:08.16 to round out the podium.

As for Gose, she owns the German national record, courtesy of the 4:02.14 she turned in for a 5th-place finish at the 2024 Olympic Games. Earlier that year she earned bronze in the event at the Doha World Championships, hitting 4:02.39, which was a national record at the time.

Gose already won the 1500m freestyle here in a new meet record of 15:55.04, so the German is showing up big-time in Stockholm.

She now checks in as the 9th-swiftest women’s 4free performer on the season.

MEN’S 100 FREE – FINAL

• Meet Record – 48.03, Kyle Chalmers (AUS), 2025 & Brooks Curry (USA), 2026
• World Record – 46.40, Pan Zhanle (CHN), 2024
• European Record – 46.51, David Popovici (ROU), 2025
• Swedish Record – 47.37, Stefan Nystrand, 2009

GOLD – Brooks Curry (USA), 47.51 *Meet Record*
SILVER – Robin Hanson (SWE), 48.42
BRONZE – Mateusz Chowaniec (POL), 48.57

25-year-old Brooks Curry of the United States dropped the hammer in head-turning fashion to take the decisive victory in the men’s 100m freestyle.

After already posting a speedy mark of 48.03 out of the heats to match Aussie Kyle Chalmers‘ meet record, Curry smashed a monster personal best of 47.51 to get to the wall nearly a second ahead of the field.

Curry opened in a rapid 22.27 and closed in 25.24 to become the 28th-fastest performer in history and the 7th-best American of all time, tying Olympic icon Michael Phelps.

Entering this competition, NCAA champion Curry’s career-best rested at the 47.90 he turned in at the 2022 World Championships, so the former LSU ace hacked just under half a second off that outing to reap gold tonight.

Sweden’s Robin Hanson delivered a still-solid swim of 48.42 for runner-up as Poland’s Mateusz Chowaniec bagged the bronze in 48.57.

Top 11 American Men’s LCM 100 Free Performers All-Time

1. Jack Alexy – 46.81, 2025
2. Caeleb Dressel – 46.96, 2019
3. Chris Guiliano – 47.25, 2024
4. David Walters – 47.33, 2009
5. Ryan Held – 47.39, 2019
6. Patrick Sammon – 47.47, 2025
7. Michael Phelps – 47.51, 2008 & Brooks Curry – 47.51, 2026
8. –
9. Nathan Adrian- 47.52, 2012
10. Jason Lezak – 47.58, 2008 & Destin Lasco – 47.58, 2025

Curry now checks in as the 4th-quickest man on the planet at the moment.

WOMEN’S 200 BACK – FINAL

• Meet Record – 2:09.41, Daria K. Ustinova (RUS), 2018
• World Record – 2:03.14, Kaylee McKeown (AUS), 2023
• European Record – 2:04.94, Anastasia Zueva (RUS), 2009
• Swedish Record – 2:10.56, Michelle Coleman, 2014

GOLD – Adela Piskorska (POL), 2:10.82
SILVER – Laura Bernat (POL), 2:11.53
BRONZE – Lise Seidel (GER), 2:12.29

The nation of Poland picked up two medals in the final of the women’s 200m back, as Adela Piskorska and Laura Bernat finished in the top two spots of the main event.

After the explosiveness of the first two events this evening, this race was on the subdued side, with no competitor clearing the 2:10 barrier.

Piskorska indeed grabbed the gold, hitting 2:10.82 followed by Bernat’s effort of 2:11.53. Germany’s Lise Seidel collected the bronze in 2:12.29.

Piskorska already earned gold in the 100m back last night, with Seidel earning the silver in that shorter sprint.

MEN’S 200 FLY – FINAL

• Meet Record – 1:56.46, Denys Kesil (UKR), 2023
• World Record – 1:50.34, Kristof Milak (HUN), 2022
• European Record – 1:50.34, Kristof Milak (HUN), 2022
• Swedish Record – 1:56.46, Simon Sjodin, 2016

GOLD – Gabriel Jett (USA), 1:55.81 *Meet Record*
SILVER – Dare Rose (USA), 1:55.88
BRONZE – Adrian Jaskiewicz (POL), 1:56.62

It was a thrilling battle to the wall between two Americans to bring us the fire in the men’s 200m butterfly.

Gabriel Jett and Dare Rose, Cal-based teammates, were the duo to watch as the event unfolded, with the pair separated by just .12 at the halfway mark.

When all was said and done, it was Jett who touched the wall first, ripping a time of 1:55.81 for a new meet record. That erased Ukrainian Denys Kesil‘s previous benchmark of 1:56.46 from 2023.

Rose was a fingernail behind Jett to earn the silver, posting 1:55.88.

Splits for Jett included 26.27/28.90 (55.17)/29.53/31.11.

Splits for Rose included 25.84/29.45 (55.29)/29.96/30.63.

Polish racer Adrian Jaskiewicz rode the Americans’ momentum, clocking a mark of 1:56.62 for his 2nd-best performance ever and just the 2nd time under the 1:57 threshold.

Jett’s lifetime best remains at the 1:54.37 he turned in at the 2022 U.S. Nationals to become the 8th-swiftest 2flyer ever from the stars n’ stripes. Rose’s PB checks in at 1:55.25 from the 2024 Trials, a result which rendered him the 19th-fastest American in history.

Jett had already delivered an outing of 1:55.07 this season, a swim he nabbed at last month’s Pro Swim Series in Westmont to rank 8th in the world at the moment.

WOMEN’S 200 BREAST – FINAL

• Meet Record – 2:23.38, Tes Schouten (NED), 2024
• World Record – 2:17.55, Evgenia Chikunova (RUS), 2023
• European Record – 2:17.55, Evgenia Chikunova (RUS), 2023
• Swedish Record – 2:22.24, Joline Hostman, 2009

GOLD – Tes Schouten (NED), 2:23.25 *Meet Record*
SILVER – Kotryna Teterevkova (LTU), 2:25.00
BRONZE – Lena Ludwig (GER), 2:26.58

Tes Schouten of the Netherlands, the reigning Olympic bronze medalist in this women’s 200m breast, got it done for gold while setting a new meet record in the process.

Schouten stopped the clock at 2:23.25 to shave .13 off her own previous meet standard of 2:23.38 put on the books in 2024. That bodes well for the 25-year-old national record holder who only returned to racing this past January after bypassing last year’s World Championships due to health concerns.

Lithuanian racing mainstay Kotryna Teterevkova secured the silver in 2:25.00 and Germany put another piece of harddware in its pocket, courtesy of Lena Ludwig‘s bronze medal-worthy result of 2:26.58.

MEN’S 400 IM – FINAL

• Meet Record – 4:10.21, David Verraszto (HUN), 2017
• World Record – 4:02.50, Leon Marchand (FRA), 2023
• European Record – 4:02.50, Leon Marchand (FRA), 2023
• Swedish Record – 4:17.32, Adam Paulsson, 2019

GOLD – Milan Vojtko (SVK), 4:24.56
SILVER – Eetu Autio (FIN), 4:26.33
BRONZE – Aleksei Denissov (EST), 4:34.21

18-year-old Milan Vojtko demolished his former personal best to take gold in the men’s 400m IM this evening.

Entering this competition, the Slovak’s PB rested at the 4:37.63 he established in 2024.

Flash forward to tonight, however, and the teen roared his way to a mark of 4:24.56 to gtop the podium.

That held a healthy advantage over Finnish swimmer Eetu Autio, who claimed silver in 4:26.33. Estonia’s Aleksei Denissov was tonight’s bronze medalist in 4:34.21.

WOMEN’S 200 IM – FINAL

• Meet Record – 2:09.76, Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 2019
• World Record – 2:06.12, Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 2015
• European Record – 2:06.12, Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 2015
• Swedish Record – 2:12.29, Stina Gardell, 2015

GOLD – Tamara Potocka (SVK), 2:12.35
SILVER – Linda Roth (GER), 2:15.71
BRONZE – Hanna Bergman (SWE), 2:16.05

Tamara Potocka of Slovakia upgraded her bronze from yesterday’s 100m fly to gold in the women’s 200m IM, coming within .06 of her own national record in the process.

Potocka hit a mark of 2:12.35 to fall just shy of her 2:12.29 NR logged in the heats of the event at the 2025 World Championships.

She beat the field by a large margin this evening, with Germany’s Linda Roth the next-closest competitor in 2:15.71 followed by host nation swimmer Hanna Bergman, who touched in 2:16.05 for a 3rd-place finish.

MEN’S 100 BACK – FINAL

• Meet Record – 53.09, Ksawery Masiuk (POL), 2025
• World Record – 51.60, Thomas Ceccon (ITA), 2022
• European Record – 51.60, Thomas Ceccon (ITA), 2022
• Swedish Record – 54.70, Gustav Hokfelt, 2021

GOLD – Noah Verreth (BEL), 54.30
SILVER – Aleksander Stys (POL), 54.42
BRONZE – Destin Lasco (USA), 54.91

Nothing too crazy transpired in the men’s 100m back, as no racer dipped under the 54-second barrier.

Belgium’s Noah Verreth got the job done for the top spot in 54.30, with Poland’s Aleksander Stys closely behind in 54.42.

American Destin Lasco was also sub-55, logging 54.91 to also land on the podium.

WOMEN’S 50 FREE – FINAL

• Meet Record – 23.83, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 2017
• World Record – 23.61, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 2023
• European Record – 23.61, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 2023
• Swedish Record – 23.61, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 2023

GOLD – Siobhan Haughey (HKG), 24.34
SILVER – Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 24.36
BRONZE – Kornelia Fiedkiewicz (POL), 25.14

It was a fast and furious duel to the wall between Hong Kong multi-Olympic medalist and Swedish Olympic icon and world record holder Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden.

This morning, Sjostrom dove in for her first race after having given birth to her first child last August. The 32-year-old earned the top seed with an AM swim of 24.62.

Tonight, however, Haughey got the upper hand, grabbing the gold in 24.34 with Sjostrom relegated to runner-up status a fingernail behind in 24.36.

Poland’s Kornela Fiedkiewicz captured bronze in 25.14.

Haughey’s effort overtook her former season-best of 24.41 notched at March’s China Open. She now ranks 4th in the world and Sjostrom ranks 5th on the season.