2024 STOCKHOLM SWIM OPEN
- April 5-8, 2024
- Stockholm, Sweden
- LCM (50m)
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- Live Results
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- Day 1 Recap
- Day 2 Recap
After not competing on Saturday at the 2024 Stockholm Open, Swedish superstar Sarah Sjostrom was back in action for day 3 of the meet, and she didn’t skip a single beat. Sjostrom threw down a 24.05 en route to winning the women’s 50 free by nearly a second. It was a very solid time for Sjostrom at this point in the year, coming in off her season best of 23.69, which she swam to win gold at the World Championships back in February. Despite being 30 years old, Sjostrom is still proving herself to be the preeminent women’s sprinter in the world. After breaking the World Record in the 50 free at last summer’s World Championships in Fukuoka with a 23.61, Sjostrom has already been within a tenth-of-a-second this year, setting her up very well for the Paris Olympics this summer.
Dutch breaststroker Tes Schouten earned a win in the women’s 200 breast, where she clocked a 2:23.38. Schouten has been significantly faster than that already this year. She set the Dutch Record in the event at the World Championships in February, where she won gold in 2:19.81.
Estonian Record holder Kregor Zirk picked up a win in the men’s 200 fly, swimming a 1:58.18. Zirk swam his career best (and Estonian Record) of 1:55.48 in prelims at the World Championships in February. That time puts him 15th in the world this season.
Heiko Gigler won the men’s 100 free in 49.10, beating out Lithuania’s Danas Rapsys (49.44), who won both the men’s 200 and 400 free earlier in the week. Gigler’s time comes in just over half a second off his Austrian Record of 48.43, which he set back at the 2022 European Championships.
OTHER EVENT WINNERS
- Women’s 400 free: Maya Werner (Germany) – 4:11.54
- Men’s 400 IM: Richard Nagy (Slovakia) – 4:21.50
- Women’s 200 IM: Nele Schulz (Germany) – 2:14.07
- Men’s 100 back: Miroslav Knedla (Czech Republic) – 54.20
- Women’s 200 back: Manon Domingeon (France) – 2:12.61
On day 4 (Monday) Stefan Nystrand, born in 1981, swam 22.96 in the 50 free in the B-final.
Not quite Ledecky level in 800 but in a far superior contested event, Sarah has 12 of the top 20 swims in the world, next best is Cate Campbell with 4. The last 2 50 free gold medalist has 3 between them.
Consistency plus.
And she went 53.10 in the 100 today, which is faster than she went the last time she swam it at the World Cup in October. That wasn’t the best swim though. S. Hansson went 1:05.8 in the 100 breast and is now just two-tenths off her best-ever time and giving hopes to Sweden’s medley relay once again. With L. Hansson taking the 100 back seriously now, if Coleman can get back to those 52 splits, they have a shot.
Is L Hansson really taking the 1 back seriously?
They will have to fight China (and probably Canada if they are in form) for bronze. Not impossible but it will hard.
Canada might even challenge for top two.
I think that entirely depends on Masse. If she is back in 57. form, top 2 is within reach.
Doesn’t even need to be that fast if Australia has a weak breast leg.
Ooh she’s beatable
Lol wat
She’s definitely winning it
It’d be a great finish to her career for her to finally get that second Olympic gold in the sprint freestyle this summer
A great finish? Don’t think she plans to retire yet.
Yep. She’s the best sprinter ever and it would be a shame if she doesn’t have Olympics gold in sprint.
Is Sjostrom scheduled to swim the 100 FL, 100 FR at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games? The schedule of events is quite accommodating.
No she’s swimming them at the Winter Olympic Games
She said she won’t swim either of them. Only the 50 free and relays it looks like
She has confirmed (and it was reported in Swimswam) she will only swim 50 free and relays.