Race video above courtesy Sodertorn a-grupp.
2016 SWEDISH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
- July 6 – July 10, 2016
- Norrköping, Sweden
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The list of women in the history of swimming who have gone under 56 seconds in the 100 meter fly is short.
In fact there’s just two names on it: one is the defending Olympic champion Dana Vollmer of the United States, and Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom, who has done so an astonishing 5 times since an excrutiating 4th-place performance at the last Olympics in London.
Her latest conquest of the mark came on Thursday: the second day of the 2016 Swedish National Championship meet in Norrköping, Sweden, where she swam a 55.95 that is the 5th-fastest swim in history (and faster than she’s been previously in her career).
Top 5 performances in history:
- Sarah Sjostrom – 55.64 (2015 World Championships)
- Sarah Sjostrom – 55.68 (2016 Swim Open Stockholm)
- Sarah Sjostrom – 55.74 (2015 World Championships)
- Sarah Sjostrom – 55.89 (2016 European Championships)
- Sarah Sjostrom – 55.95 (2016 Swedish Championships)
Sjostrom hasn’t yet committed to an Olympic schedule yet, but in a month’s time in Rio de Janeiro, she’ll seek her first career Olympic medal – and this 100 fly seems a likely choice given that she’s won 3 of the last 4 long course World Championships in the event.
Fantastiskt som alltid, Sarah!!!
That’s just amazing. Under 56 in an outdoor setting, shallow pool, presumably almost finishing a macro cycle heading into Rio.
Absolutely right. At the end of a taper, in a fast indoor competition pool, she is going to be very hard to beat. 55.4 looks very possible.
I believe that the pool is an open air stadium? No?