ROME — On
the eve of her 29th birthday, Swede Sarah Sjoestroem won the 50m freestyle in
Rome on Tuesday for her 45th major championship gold medal.
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Sjoestroem swam the
fastest time in the event this year as she cruised to her second gold of the
championships in 23.91sec.
Pole Katarzyna Wasick was second at 0.29sec and Valerie van Roon of the Netherlands third at
0.73.
Sjoestroem won both
events at the world championships in Budapest in June.
It was her 27th
European long-course medal, breaking a tie with Russian Alexander Popov for
most by a single swimmer.
Hungarian Kristof
Milak also duplicated his double at the worlds when he opened the evening by
winning the 200m butterfly. He had already collected the 100m butterfly gold in
Rome.
The 22-year-old
Milak won in 1min 52.01sec, 1.67sec outside the world record he set in Budapest
but good enough to leave compatriot Richard Marton trailing in his wake,
2.77sec behind. Italian Alberto Razzetti was third.
Italian Nicolo
Martinenghi improved on his world championship performance as he won the men’s
breaststroke sprint in 26.33 ahead of compatriot Simone Cerasuolo with German
Lucas Matzerath third.
Martinenghi was only second in the 50m in Budapest where he
won the 100m, a feat he has already repeated in Rome.
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