67th SETTE COLLI TROPHY
- Friday, June 26th – Sunday, June 28th
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- Foro Italico, Rome, Italy
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Dutch sprinter Marrit Steenbergen blasted a new world record in the women’s 100 freestyle, swimming 51.68 to take three hundredths off Sarah Sjostrom‘s 51.71 world record from 2017.
WOMEN’S 100 FREE – FINAL
World Record – 51.71, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 2017- World Junior Record – 52.70, Penny Oleksiak (CAN), 2016
European Record – 51.71, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 2017- European Junior Record – 53.61, Freya Anderson (GBR), 2018
Italian Record – 53.01, Sara Curtis, 2025Meet Record – 52.57, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 2024
GOLD – Marrit Steenbergen (NED), 51.68 **New World Record
SILVER – Siobhan Haughey (HKG), 52.52
BRONZE – Sara Curtis (ITA), 52.69 **New Italian Record
Steenbergen made the turn in 2nd place, splitting 24.98 to sit four hundredths behind Siobhan Haughey‘s 24.94 in 1st. Steenbergen came home in a blistering 26.70 to earn the win, dropping two tenths from her 51.86 last month to stop the clock in 51.68.
She took three hundredths off Sarah Sjostrom‘s 2017 world and European record time of 51.71, and almost a second off Sjostrom’s meet record time of 52.57 from 2024.
Steenbergen came into the season with a time of 52.26 from the 2024 World Championships, marking more than half-a-second dropped this season alone. She first dropped to 52.13 at the first leg of the Mare Nostrum tour in Monaco before blasting the 2nd fastest time in history, 51.86 just a few days later in Canet.
Split Comparison
| Marrit Steenbergen –51.68 (New World Record) | Sarah Sjostrom — 51.71 (Old World Record) | Marrit Steenbergen – 51.86 (Mare Nostrum — Canet) |
Marrit Steenbergen — 52.13 (Mare Nostrum — Monaco)
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| 50 | 24.98 | 24.83 | 24.91 | 25.51 |
| 100 | 26.70 | 26.88 | 26.95 | 26.62 |
| Total | 51.68 | 51.71 | 51.86 | 52.13 |
Top Ten Women’s LCM 100 Freestyle All-Time Performances
- Marrit Steenbergen (NED) — 51.68 (2026)
- Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) – 51.71 (2017)
- Anna Moesch (USA) – 51.94, 2026
- Emma McKeon (AUS) – 51.96 (2021)
- Siobhan Haughey (HKG) – 52.02 (2023)
- Cate Campbell – 52.03 (2018)
- Simone Manuel – 52.04 (2019)
- Britta Steffen – 52.07 (2009)
- Mollie O’Callaghan – 52.08 (2023)
- Bronte Campbell – 52.27 (2018)
So happy for her! I knew she would break it. What a swim.
I thought she might break it after swimming faster in the 200 than in May, but I didn’t think it would actually happen.
Shed go real fast if decided to go to American University like Auburm!
This was funny only for the first 25 times.
she’s been on the up, up and up
We are a few hundredths away from having no more Sjostrom records.
Which is crazy because many said some of her WRs were unbreakable.
Amazing. Is this more evidence that it is best to drop the 200 for 50/100 speed? I’m not sure if Steenbergen is still targeting the 200.
she still does the 200im
And is the European record holder in the short course version of that event. This isn’t someone with a super narrow 50/100 training focus. Coleman did a podcast with her earlier this year and they touch on some interesting pieces with her training. Really different approach during certain periodized blocks and others where she’s putting in bigger volume.
Good question, if we compare with Sarah, she kept the 200 Free as a part of her championship line up through 2019 Worlds (3rd) at which point she was 26 – which happens to be the same age the Marrit is now.
Both Marrit and Siobhan straight off a two week camp at BEST Centre in Mallorca, Spain….something in the water?
Mark Spitz World Record 51.22, 1972 Olympics.
54.27 100 fly! Getting closer.
Ha! Wow.
I’m old enough to remember Spitzmania.