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WOMEN’S 200 FREESTYLE – FINALS
2012 World Champ: 1:53.59 – Allison Schmitt – United States
2010 World Champ: 1:52.29 – Camille Muffat – France
Meet Record: 1:52.29 – Camille Muffat – France
World Record: 1:51.17 – Federica Pellegrini – Italy – 2009
Sarah Sjostrom witnessed both Mireia Belmonte and Katinka Hosszu break two world records in one evening, so why not her? Sjostrom matched the feat by first breaking the 100 butterfly world record following that up with a world record performance in the 200 freestyle.
Sjostrom took the 200 freestyle in a time of 1:50.78 taking down Federica Pellegrini‘s 2009 world record of 1:51.17.
Pellegrini ’09: 26.58/28.26/28/25/28.08 = 1:51.17
Sjostrom ’14: 26.29/28.37/28.38/27.74 = 1:50.78
Hosszu led the race heading into the final 50 meters, but the Swede had a little too much left in her tank out swimming the Hungarian by over half a second in the final 50 meters.
Hosszu settled for silver, setting a new Hungarian mark, just missing the old world record posting a time of 1:51.18.
Femke Heemskerk finished in a time of 1:51.69 taking home the bronze and setting a Dutch record in the process.
Russian Veronika Popova finished fourth in a time of 1:52.84 followed by Pellegrini who posted a time of 1:54.01.
Charlotte Bonnet of France finished sixth in a time of 1:54.02 followed by American Shannon Vreeland who touched in a time of 1:54.28 and Evelyn Verraszto of Hungary who finished in a time of 1:55.07.