Petitioning For Sarah Sjostrom To Swim A SCY 50 Freestyle Before Retirement
By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom is one of the best sprinters in history and is arguably the best sprinter in the last decade. Being from Sweden, Sjostrom has not had a chance to swim a short course yards (SCY) 50 freestyle. We are petitioning for Sjostrom to swim a SCY 50 freestyle before retirement.
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The 30 year old Sjostrom currently holds the long course meters (LCM) 50 and 100 freestyle and 50 butterfly world records. She also is the former world record holder in the 100 butterfly.
She also has had success in the short course meters (SCM) pool, being the former world record holder in the 50 and 100 freestyle events as well. Sjostrom’s turns and underwaters are powerful enough that she has had the success in both pools. What might her success be in the “bathtub” pool?
With her dominance in both the long course and short course meters sprint events, Sjostrom surely has the potential to make history in the short course yards pool as well. Could she be the 2nd woman to break the 20-second mark in a flying start 50 freestyle? Could she break Gretchen Walsh‘s record of a 20.37 in the flat start 50 freestyle?
Sign the petition above if you support the potential for Sjostrom to make history, etching her name into the records books once again. Sjostrom is currently preparing for her 5th Olympics after first competing at the 2008 Beijing Games.
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