Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden celebrates after setting a world record next to Katerine Savard (R) of Canada during the women's 100m butterfly semi-final at the Aquatics World Championships in Kazan, Russia, August 2, 2015. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
KAZAN, Russia, Aug 2 (Reuters) - - Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom set a world record for the women’s 100 metres butterfly at the world championships on Sunday. Sjostrom’s time of 55.74 seconds in the semi-final broke the previous record of 55.98 set by Dana Vollmer of the United States at the 2012 London Olympics.
(Reporting by Rod Gilmour, editing by Ed Osmond)
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