ROME: Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom bettered the world record she
set on Sunday to grab gold in the women’s 100m butterfly
final as five new world marks were created at the World
Swimming Championships Monday.
The 15-year-old surged home in 56.06, ahead of second-placed
Jessicah Schipper of Australia and bronze medallist
Jiao Liuyang of China.
Sjostrom destroyed the world record in Sunday’s heats to set
a new mark of 56.44 but easily surpassed that on a warm Rome
evening.
“I don’t know what is happening right now. It’s unbelievable,”
she told reporters. “This is my best year but I have many years
in front of me. I can do better.”
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