Sjostrom Hits 4th Sub-56 In 100 Fly While Winning Euros Gold

2016 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 6

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Sweden’s Sarah Sjöstrom rattled her own world record and came up with her 4th 55-second 100 fly swim in winning the 2016 European Championship in the event.

Sjöstrom went 55.89 to win the European title, still two tenths off her world record (a 55.64 from last summer’s World Championships in Kazan, Russia), but a tenth faster than anyone else in world history has ever swum the race.

The Swedish sprinter continues to build her resume on the way to the Rio Olympics, stacking the all-time records in the event with her own swims.

Sjöstrom now owns 6 of the fastest 7 swims in history in the women’s 100 fly, including 4 of the 5 sub-56s.

Women’s 100 Fly – All-Time Performances

1. Sarah Sjöstrom (8/3/15) – 55.64
2. Sarah Sjöstrom (3/30/16) – 55.68
3. Sarah Sjöstrom (8/2/15) – 55.74
4. Sarah Sjöstrom (5/20/16) – 55.89
5. Dana Vollmer (7/28/12) – 55.98
6. Sarah Sjöstrom (6/12/15) – 56.04
7. Sarah Sjöstrom (7/27/09) – 56.06
8. Zige Liu (10/18/09) – 56.07
9. Sarah Sjöstrom (5/19/16) – 56.12
10. Jessicah Schipper (7/26/09) – 56.23

Sjöstrom is also one of just two women to break 56.5 since the end of the super-suit era in 2009. She and Vollmer are the only two to successfully cross that barrier over the last 6 years.