But she admitted that even with European titles, long- and short-course world titles and world records in both long- and short-course, she sometimes doubted she would snag that elusive Olympic gold. Jessica Gow/TTAFP · 8 Aug 2016, 07:06Published: 08 Aug 2016 07:06 GMT+02:00Sarah Sjöström became the first Swedish woman to win Olympic swimming gold on Sunday and she did it in style, setting a world record in the 100m butterfly. Silver medallist Penny Oleksiak of Canada and American bronze medallist Dana Vollmer were a study in contrasts – Oleksiak a 16-year-old Canadian and Vollmer the 28-year-old London gold medallist. Sjöström touched in 55.48sec, lowering the mark of 55.64 she set at the World Championships last August in Kazan, Russia – where she broke the record twice. "I knew before the Olympic games that was something missing, and I knew no other girls (from Sweden) had won an Olympic medal before and I thought maybe it's time now."

Source: The Local August 08, 2016 05:03 UTC