Sarah Sjostrom won 50m butterfly gold exactly 10 years to the day after she won her first world title on the penultimate night of the World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea.
It was a third successive gold for Sjostrom in the one-length event while Ranomi Kromowidjojo claimed her second silver in a row behind the Swede.
Bruno Fratus won his second consecutive silver in the 50m freestyle and Chad le Clos claimed bronze in the 100m butterfly
Kromowidjojo rose ahead of the field in the 50m butterfly but Sjostrom, next to the Dutchwoman in lane four, moved on to her shoulder at 25m before propelling herself in front to touch first in 25.02 with Kromowidjojo 0.33secs behind
Exactly 10 years ago a 15-year-old Sjostrom won her first world title in the 100m butterfly at the Foro Italico in Rome.
She said: “They told me! That’s very cool. I’m very happy that I could win another gold medal especially after such a tough programme I’ve been having, I don’t think I ever had such a tough programme in a big championships like this before.”
Sjostrom has won eight world titles in all since 2009 and of whether she still gets the same buzz, the 25-year-old said: “I think I’m the same. I think it’s similar. Maybe not.
“When I won my first world…
