Sarah Sjostrom kept Favorite pressure and won European Championship gold in the 50 meters butterfly in utklassning style.
– I had a good feeling before the race, but I was still surprised when I saw the time, says Sjöström.
The newly bragdguld medalist Sarah Sjostrom, has initiated short runway Championships in Israel in the best way. After easily made it through to the finals in both the 50m butterfly and 100m freestyle earlier on Thursday ended simstjärnan their first European Championship today in an impressive way.
In the final of the 50 meters butterfly was Jeanette Ottesen the premier challenger to Sjostrom, but the Swedish star did not give Danish a chance.
With the time 24.58, which equaled a personal best and new mästerskapsrekord, she picked home the gold by nearly half a second down to second Ottesen, who swam in at 25.04.
– It feels very good. I had a good feeling before the race, but I was still surprised over time. It did not go so quickly in the morning so it was nice that it released now. This means a lot, says Sjöström to SVT.
The finals in the 100 meters free swimming her on Friday.
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