2019 SWIM OPEN STOCKHOLM
- Friday, April 12th – Monday, April 15th
- Eriksdalsbadet, Stockholm, Sweden
- LCM
- SwimSwam Meet Preview
- Day 1 Prelims Recap/Day 1 Finals Recap
- Day 2 Prelims Recap/Day 2 Finals Recap
- Day 3 Prelims Recap
- Start Lists
- Results
On the penultimate night the the 2019 Swim Open Stockholm, Sweden’s own Olympic champion Sarah Sjostrom thrilled spectators with a big-time winning 50m freestyle time of 23.91.
Sjostrom paved the way to her big swim with a morning mark of 24.25, just off the 24.11 she threw down last weekend at the Bergen Swim Festival.
Tonight, however, the 25-year-old World Record holder dipped under 24 seconds with her 23.91 to further separate herself from the rest of the world in this event heading into this summer’s World Championships. As fast as she was tonight, Sjostrom’s meet record of 23.83 from last year remains.
We’ll see how rival Cate Campbell responds at the Australian World Trials, which take place in June. So far C1 has produced a time of 24.30 at the Aussie Nationals in South Australia.
2018-2019 LCM WOMEN 50 FREE
SJOSTROM
23.77
| 2 | Cate CAMPBELL | AUS | 24.00 | 04/28 |
| 3 | Simone MANUEL | USA | 24.05 | 07/28 |
| 4 | Pernille BLUME | DEN | 24.08 | 06/01 |
| 5 | Bronte CAMPBELL | AUS | 24.17 | 06/14 |
Sjostrom’s time tonight inserts itself as the 18th fastest performance in history.
Finishing behind Sjostrom was teammate Michelle Coleman who hit 24.79, a World Championships-worthy time in itself, dipping under the 25.02 FINA A standard. Her performance is the first outing ever under 25-seconds for the-25-year-old, who is now ranked 14th in the world.
What I find most impressive are not her times in sprint events, but the fact that she also has super-fast times in the 200. There is no similar specimen around, male or female. Pieter VDH was like that, but it was another era, with much less specialization.
Sarahs future is definitely in the sprint freestyle events where she can go on for a long time and improve still! 50 fly will follow along but I think 100 fly will suffer more and more. A few more years with this full program, let’s say over 2021.
Is she still training with Johan Wallberg?
Yes
But also in Turkey with James Gibson.
Wild. That’s something like her 9th or 10th time under 24, right? Definitely making her case as one of the best female sprinters in history. Biggest competition for sprint GOAT over the next few years will likely be Simone Manuel, who doesn’t seem to have quite as much ability, but is so clutch at the big meets that it doesn’t matter.
Campbell sisters are in the conversation when it comes to ability, too, but they’re so hit-or-miss when it’s time to execute. Hopefully they all figure it out. I want to see a woman swim a 49 in my lifetime and while I don’t think it will be any of them, the further they push the limits now, the more… Read more »
It’s her 15th sub 24 swim. Also been under 25s in the 50 fly 11 times, under 53 in the 100fr 24 times and under 56 in the 100 fly 11 times. What an athlete.
This is amazing. How many other sub-24 women have there been and how often have they done it?
Cate Campbell – 5 times (possibly 6, cant find the last sheets – 1 of them in 2009)
Blume – 3 times
Veldhuis – 2 times (both 2009)
Kromo – 1 time
Halsall – 1 time
Manuel – 1 times
Steffen – 1 time (2009)
Alshammar – 1 time (2009)
Trickett – 1 time (2009)
It’s weird that C2 has never and idk why it came to my mind but also Herasimenia which I find a little surprising
49 LCM looks a little way off. In theory for SCMs it could be done very soon but probably won’t because almost no-one tapers for SCM as it is fairly irrelevant in World swimming.
It is good for the sport of swimming to see Sjostrom swimming so well again.
What a swimmer.
Crazy consistent
A machine.