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Video: Sarah Sjostrom Reminisces About First International Meet In Eidhoven Following National Record Swim

Sarah Sjostrom became the first Swedish woman in history to ever break one-minute in the 100m backstroke today with a 59.98 at the 2015 Eidhoven Swim Cup.

The time stands as a Swedish national record. This week in Eidhoven Sjostrom has been swimming very fast.

Prior to swimming her 100m backstroke this morning she swam the second fastest-ever 50m fly with a time of 24.69. The time stands as the fastest-ever 50m fly done in an indoor pool. Last year there was some controversy over her 50m fly world record time of 24.43 that it might have been aided by wind.

Currently her 24.69 is the fastest 50m fly this year, bettering her previous world leading time of 25.41.

2014-2015 LCM Women 50 Fly

2Jeanette
OTTESEN
DEN25.2708/07
3Ying
LU
CHN25.3708/08
4Inge
DEKKER
NED25.6408/08
5Kelsi
WORRELL
USA25.6508/08
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Sjostrom swam the finals of the 50m fly following her 100m backstroke where she was a 25.59. The semi-finals and finals of 50s are done in the same session at the Eidhoven Swim Cup.

With her times today, Sjostrom is currently ranked first in the world this season in the 50m fly, and fourth in the 100m backstroke. Her time in the 100 back knocks China’s Yuanhui Fu to fifth, and Natalie Coughlin out of the top five.

2014-2015 LCM Women 100 Back

EmilyAUS
SEEBOHM
08/04
58.26
2Madison
WILSON
AUS58.7508/04
3Katinka
HOSSZU
HUN58.7808/03
4Mie
NIELSEN
DEN58.8408/03
5Yuanhui
FU
CHN59.0208/04
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Braden Keith is the Editor-in-Chief and a co-founder/co-owner of SwimSwam.com. He first got his feet wet by building The Swimmers' Circle beginning in January 2010, and now comes to SwimSwam to use that experience and help build a new leader in the sport of swimming. Aside from his life on the InterWet, …

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