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            <title><![CDATA[Sarah Sjöström posts fastest 50m freestyle time since comeback in European Championships semifinal]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Sarah Sjöström hit the mark with a superb time in the semifinals of the 50-meter freestyle at the European Swimming Championships. It was a show of strength and an extraordinary bid for gold. "It was incredible, great fun," Sjöström said after clocking 23.83.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:28:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sjöström cruises into 50m freestyle semifinals with second-fastest time]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Sarah Sjöström easily advanced to the semifinals of the 50-meter freestyle at the European Swimming Championships in Paris. The 32-year-old had the second-fastest time at 24.21. It felt good, I think I will improve with each race, says the Swedish gold favorite.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 07:44:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden’s Sofia Åstedt in tears after reaching European Swimming Championships semifinal in 100m freestyle]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The European Swimming Championships in Paris started with Swedish tears. Tears of joy. Sofia Åstedt broke her personal record in the 100-meter freestyle and made it to the semifinals. It's been so damn hard for like a year, she says.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:27:35 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sarah Sjöström loses another world record as Marrit Steenbergen breaks 100m freestyle mark]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Sarah Sjöström has lost her nearly nine-year-old world record in the 100-meter freestyle. It is the second world record in just over a week that the super Swede has lost.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 18:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sofia Åstedt Sets Third Personal Record, Nears World Championship Spot]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Third distance – third personal record. Sofia Åstedt, 21, is approaching an individual World Championship ticket. I don't know what happened, she says after the record crush on 100 meters freestyle.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2025 18:18:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[European Championship Final Awaits Sjöström: "It's My Advantage"]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[It looks like it's going to be a super thriller when Sarah Sjöström is chasing an Olympic Games medal on 100 meters freestyle. Only 23 hundredths separated the top six in the semifinal. Then the routine will help the Swede. I have swum so many Olympic Games and World Championship finals. It's my advantage, says the 30-year-old who had the sixth time.]]></description>
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