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Sjostrom captures women's 50m freestyle world title

aquatics|30 July 2023 at 12:06|© AFP

Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom won the women's 50m freestyle title at swimming's world championships in Japan on Sunday.

Sjostrom touched the wall in 23.62sec to finish ahead of Australia's Shayna Jack on 24.10 and China's Zhang Yufei on 24.15

???? Sarah Sjostrom fastest woman on earth!!
Semifinals - 23.61 WR
Finals - 23.62 World Champion????#AQUAFukuoka23 pic.twitter.com/P6KEp98FsE
— World Aquatics (@WorldAquatics) July 30, 2023

Sjostrom, the defending champion, broke her own world record in Saturday’s semifinals, clocking 23.61sec.

The 29-year-old has now won a total of 21 individual world championships medals, one more than American great Michael Phelps.

It was her third world 50m freestyle title.

She also won the women's 50m butterfly title on Saturday.

Sjostrom captures women's 50m freestyle world title

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