Sweden’s prolific swimmer Sarah Sjostrom broke her own world record to claim the 100-meter butterfly gold in a series of astonishing performances from the pool so far. No stranger to creating a new world record, the 22-year-old had her first such record at the age of 15 at the 2009 World Aquatic Championships.
After the world record changed hands and went to Dana Vollmer, the irrepressible Swede snatched it back at the Kazan World Championships in 2015 which she lowered once more to make it 55.48 at Rio.
Sjostrom is an excellent freestyler as well and would be in action in the upcoming events in that discipline. Suffice to say, Sjostrom would be the primary roadblock for Katie Ledecky as the American pursues glory in freestyle.
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