Swedish sprint ace Sarah Sjostrom continued her remarkable meet at the Stockholm Cup, swimming the 100 free on the final day of competition, and she posted her fourth world-leading time in as many days.
Sjostrom won the women’s 100 free in 52.54, passing Cate Campbell (52.78) as the fastest swimmer in the world this year. The time was also quicker than the 52.70 that both Simone Manuel and Penny Oleksiak swam at the Olympics in Rio to share the gold medal, and Sjostrom improves to fourth all-time in the event.
Fellow Swede Michelle Coleman, a double-winner earlier in the meet, finished second behind Sjostrom in the 100 free with time of 53.38, good for seventh in the world this year.
Sweden’s Jennie Johansson dominated the women’s 100 breast, finishing in 1:06.30. That topped Jessica Vall (1:06.44) for the top time in the world this year.
Germany’s Franziska Hentke also posted a world-leading time, this one coming in the women’s 200 fly. She finished in 2:06.84 to edge out 18-year-old Japanese swimmer Hiroko Makino (2:06.92). Finishing second behind Hentke was Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu, who touched in 2:08.05 for fourth in the world this year.
The top men’s performance of the day came from Sweden’s Johannes Skagius, who touched in 27.16 in the 50 breast. That time is good for fourth in the world rankings behind Adam Peaty, Nicolo Martinenghi and Cameron van der Burgh.
Germany’s Sarah Kohler moved up to third in the world with a dominant swim in the women’s 800 free, touching in 8:25.32. In the equivalent men’s event, Denmark’s Henrik Christiansen put together a dominant performance, finishing in 7:49.40, also the third-best time recorded this year.
Germany’s Phillips Heintz added a win in the men’s 200 back, touching in 1:57.81 to move into a tie for tenth in the world. Niksja Stojkovski then won a tight race in the men’s 50 free, touching in 22.59 to edge out Bjorn Seeliger (22.62) and Christopher Carlsen (22.64).
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