Months After Shattering Michael Phelps’ Record, Swedish Swimming Legend Gets a Nod for 2024 Paris Olympics

As the 2024 Olympics lie just 245 days away, athletes across all countries and disciplines are striving hard to qualify for Paris. The cutthroat competition has pitted rising sensations and established legends together, with both factions one-upping each other constantly. Amid this, a Swedish swimming legend recently made a big headway amongst her national peers.

Sarah Sjöström is a sprinting specialist in the butterfly and the freestyle category. The 30-year-old swimmer made major headlines in July 2023 for surpassing one of Michael Phelps’ world records. Now, according to Sarah’s recent social media upload, she has bagged the limelight once again as she further extended her dominance in the swimming pool.

Sarah Sjöström clinches a spot at the starting line in Paris

The 30-year-old Sarah Sjöström is a swimming veteran unlike any other. In July, she won her 21st individual world championship medal, effectively leaving Michael Phelps’ world record of 20 medals in the dust. An elated Sarah took to Instagram to break the grand news. She wrote, “Officially selected to Olympic games Paris.” Alongside she also highlighted her previous participations with the medal tally.

Apparently, Sjöström earned a starting line spot in Paris for the 50m freestyle category. This marks the fifth Olympics appearance in the storied career of Sjöström. She is already the world record holder in the 50m freestyle long course category. However, the swimming veteran ended up with the silver medal in the event at the Tokyo Olympics. Now, she has the chance to right a wrong and win the gold medal, which she previously lost due to a mishap.

Swimming legend to take back her crown in 2024?

While competing at the delayed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Sarah Sjöström missed winning the gold medal to Australia’s Emma McKeon. However, her silver medal effort had arrived just five months after she suffered a broken elbow due to an accident. 

After the race, Sarah acknowledged the mammoth amounts of endurance and strength it took her to medal. She said, “This is one of my biggest achievements in my career. I’ve won a lot of medals and broken a lot of world records, but this has been the toughest challenge so far.”

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Bouncing almost immediately from this in the same year, Sarah Sjöström amassed 1000 most valuable player points. This was the highest score ever achieved by any swimmer in the history of the International Swimming League. Now that she is in perfect health, will she be able to claim the 50m freestyle gold in Paris?

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