Race Footage From Swedish Nationals; Sjöström Breaks 100 Freestyle Meet Record

Sarah Sjöström won the women’s 100 meter freestyle at the 2014 Swedish National Championships with a time of 53.03, narrowly missing her best time of the season from April, breaking the meet record. The race footage (above) is courtesy of SVTplay. That swim is the fourth fastest swim this year. Her time from April, however, is the second fastest time of the year.

2014 LCM Women 100 Free TYR World Ranking

CateAUS
CAMPBELL
08/22
52.62
2Sarah
SJOESTROEM
SWE52.6708/20
3Bronte
CAMPBELL
AUS52.8607/28
4Femke
HEEMSKERK
NED53.1912/13
5Simone
MANUEL
USA53.25*Relay08/23
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Video 2: Louise Hansson wins the women’s 200 IM with a time of 2:14.64.

Video 3: Ida Marko-Varga won the women’s 200 meter butterfly with a time of 2:14.16.

Video 4: Simon Sjödin won the men’s 200 IM with a time of 2:01.16

To read the full recap from the final day of Swedish Nationals, click here. 

Full meet results can be found here. 

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luigi
10 years ago

Doesn’t she (Sjöström) have a “low” elbow compared to “textbook” freestyle? I would like to read comments from some of the experts here .

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10 years ago

ps I mean on the recovery

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