Campbell’s record-breaking tip on the money
JUST hours before Sarah Sjostrom took female sprinting into a new era by smashing the 52-second barrier, Cate Campbell predicted the Swede would eclipse her world 100m freestyle record this week.
The only surprise for Campbell, who is taking a break after being the benchmark female sprinter for four years, was it happened yesterday. Sjostrom, 23, took the first opportunity to attack the Australian’s year-old mark of 52.06sec, by leading off the Swedish 4x100m relay.
She stormed down the first lap, turned a body length ahead of the field and kept going away, touching the wall in an astonishing 51.71.
“The plan was to go for the world record the first day because I know I am going to be more fresh today than I will be maybe later this week,’’ Sjostrom said.
Campbell said: “She 100 per cent deserves it, she’s swimming out of her skin.”