Paris 2024 swimming: All results, as Sweden’s world record holder Sarah Sjostrom flies to Olympic glory over Australian favourite Mollie O’Callaghan

Sweden’s world record holder Sarah Sjostrom flew to Olympic glory on Wednesday 31 July in the women’s 100m freestyle, taking gold as the third oldest medallist of the event at 30 years old.

She touched the wall in 52.16 seconds, coming within a half-second of the world record she set in 2017, at the Olympic Games Paris 2024.

USA’s Torri Huske finished just 0.13 seconds behind Sjostrom in 52.29 seconds to take the silver with Hong Kong, China’s Siobhan Bernadette Haughey in third with a time of 52.33.

Australia’s Mollie O’Callaghan, who went into the race as the favourite to win gold, missed out on the podium by just 0.01 of a second to take fourth.

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