DOHA – Demonstrating unreal closing speed, Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom blew by Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu to break the 1:51 barrier and win the 200 free in world record fashion at the FINA World Short Course Championships. Watch Race Video
Hosszu looked to be well on her way to breaking her fifth world record of the meet, under world-record pace at the 150-meter mark with a 1:22.81. But, Sjostrom had other ideas.
Sjostrom uncorked a ridiculous 27.74 final split to race by Hosszu and win the finale in 1:50.78.
That performance cleared Federica Pellegrini’s 2009 world record of 1:51.17 set in Istanbul that year for Sjostrom’s second world record of the night following the 100 fly.
Hosszu, meanwhile, just missed the world-record time of Pellegrini with a 1:51.18 for silver.
The Netherlands’ Femke Heemskerk took third overall in 1:51.69.
Russia’s Veronika Popova (1:52.84), Pellegrini (1:54.01), France’s Charlotte Bonnet (1:54.02), USA’s Shannon Vreeland (1:54.28) and Hungary’s Evelyn Verraszto (1:55.07) placed fourth through eighth.
| Name | 50 | 100 | 150 | 200 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sjostrom | 26.29 | 54.66 | 1:23.04 | 1:50.78 |
| Hosszu | 26.04 | 54.32 | 1:22.81 | 1:51.18 |
| Heemskerk | 26.08 | 54.45 | 1:23.28 | 1:51.69 |
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