Sarah Sjostrom breaks women's 50 metres freestyle world record

ByReuters

Updated 29/07/2017 at 17:04 GMT

Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom set a world record of 23.67 seconds in the women’s 50 metres freestyle at the world swimming championships on Saturday.

Sarah Sjostrom après son titre sur 50m papillon.

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Sjostrom’s time in the semi-finals broke the previous mark of 23.73 seconds set by Germany's Britta Steffen in 2009.

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