2018 FINA WORLD CUP – DOHA
- Thursday, September 13th – Saturday, September 15th
- Hamad Aquatic Centre (HAC), Aspire Zone, Doha, Qatar
- Heats at 10am local/Finals at 6pm local
- LCM
- Entry Lists
- SwimSwam Preview
- Results
Sarah Sjostrom continued her streak of breaking the World Cup Record in the 100 fly, now having done so in all three of her swims on the circuit. Tonight, after there were no preliminary heats in the event due to only seven entries, the 25-year-old Swede bulldozed her way to the gold in a new record of 56.46.
At the Kazan stop, Sjostrom had tied the record of 57.56 set by Japan’s Rikako Ikee in 2015 in the prelims, and then took just over a tenth off in the final to win gold in 57.42. Tonight, she chops nearly a full second off that record.
This is Sjostrom’s fourth gold of the competition, also winning the 50 free, 200 free and 50 fly, and will look for a fifth later in the session in the 100 free.
Belgian Kimberly Buys swam one tenth faster than she did in Kazan to remain in the runner-up position in 58.23, and Ranomi Kromowidjojo (59.40) ran down her Dutch teammate Kim Busch (59.45) on the second 50 to sneak in for 3rd.
Sjostrom does not miss a day at the gym, those arms tho.
Is this in LCM or SCM?
This and the first stop in Kazan were LCM. The rest of the World Cup meets from here on out are SCM.