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In the first event of the 2018 TYR Pro Swim Series at Atlanta, Swedish World Record holder Sarah Sjostrom swam a 56.62 to win the 100 fly on Thursday night in Atlanta. Sjostrom finished ahead of American Kelsi Dahlia as both swimmers got their 2018 off to a good start with solid long course times on the first day of March.
Dahlia was second at 57.48 ahead of Canada’s Penny Oleksiak (58.36). Rebecca Smith (58.50), Amanda Kendall (58.82), Liliana Szilagyi (59.26), Olivia Carter (59.79) and Lillie Nordmann (59.85) also competed in the A-final.
Sjostrom will head down south to Ft. Lauderdale after this for “Sarah Sjostrom” day on March 3 as she will be honored with Swimming World’s swimmer of the year award.
Event 1 Women 100 LC Meter Butterfly
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World: W 55.48 8/7/2016 Sarah Sjostrom, SWE
American: A 55.98 7/29/2012 Dana Vollmer, USA Olympic Team
U.S. Open: O 56.38 1/15/2016 Sarah Sjostrom, SWE
Jr World: J 56.46 8/7/2016 Penny Oleksiak, Canada
GT Pool LC: P 56.62 3/1/2018 Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden-US
Name Age Team Prelims Finals FINA Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Sarah Sjostrom 24 Sweden 57.49 56.62P 940
r:+0.66 26.20 56.62 (30.42)
2 Kelsi Dahlia Wo 23 Cardinal Aquatic 57.75 57.48 899
r:+0.65 26.98 57.48 (30.50)
3 Penny Oleksiak 17 Toronto Swim Clu 59.12 58.36 859
r:+0.76 27.50 58.36 (30.86)
4 Rebecca Smith 17 HPC-Ontario 58.62 58.50 852
r:+0.77 26.95 58.50 (31.55)
5 Amanda Kendall 27 Mission Viejo Na 59.25 58.82 839
r:+0.69 27.25 58.82 (31.57)
6 Liliana Szilagy 21 Arilson Silva 59.81 59.26 820
r:+0.76 28.84 59.26 (30.42)
7 Olivia Carter 17 Enfinity Aquatic 59.73 59.79 798
r:+0.70 28.10 59.79 (31.69)
8 Lillie Nordmann 15 Magnolia Aquatic 59.63 59.85 796
r:+0.81 28.02 59.85 (31.83)
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