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Farida Osman, the African record holder in the 50 fly, claimed her 3rd bronze medal in the event in what was her 7th consecutive appearance. Current photo via Fabio Cetti
02 Feb 2024 – 18 Feb 2024
Only one World Record fell at the 2024 World Championships – but it was a big one. Teenager Pan Zhanle took down the men’s 100 free record on the first day of the meet.
L’Italia del nuoto va via da Doha con 12 medaglie ed il quinto posto nel medagliere del nuoto. Due ori, 5 argenti e 5 bronzi che superano Budapest
The curtain has come down in Doha and we are here to relive the excitement of the last day with photos from the day 8 of 2024 World Swimming Championship
World record holder and defending champion Sarah Sjostrom leads the way into women’s 50 freestyle final as the only woman sub-24 seconds in semis (23.90).
Israeli swimmer Anastasia Gorbenko was boo’ed by the crowd in Doha, Qatar after winning a silver medal at the World Championships.
February 17th, 2024
Showing off remarkable consistency, Egyptian sprinter Farida Osman, by virtue of her 25.80 in the semifinals of yesterday’s 50 butterfly, made her 7th straight final in the event. While Sarah Sjostrom won the event again, her 6th time doing so, Osman is still one up on her in terms of the number of consecutive final appearances. Osman, the African record holder in the event, is still one short of Federica Pellegrini‘s record of eight straight finals appearances (finalling in the 200 freestyle from 2005 to 2019.
Let’s not let that achievement overshadow Osman’s bronze medal-winning performance, however. Competing against the greatest sprint flyer of any generation, Sjostrom, 2022 silver medalist Melanie Henique, and recent gold medalist in the 100 fly, Angelina Kohler, Osman held her own and swam her way to a bronze medal. Her time, 25.67, was just .05 off her time from last year (25.62 earned 4th in Fukuoka). Speaking about the medal, Osman stated,
I’m honestly very proud to be in the final. I have three bronze medals. To be the first and the only Egyptian to have bronze medals, this is something that honestly makes me happy. Any swimmer wants to win a medal, for themselves, for Egypt, for all the Arab countries. That has been the goal for a long time. The fact that I can achieve it more than once that’s something that makes me very happy. It’s always hard not to think ahead – like all athletes are very competitive. We always want to win the gold but it’s definitely the goal. I always try to focus on my race plan and execute the best I can.
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Final:
Osman, who swam collegiately for the Cal Bears and was the 100-fly NCAA champion at the 2017 Champs, has never placed lower than 7th in the event, and that only occurred in her first appearance back in 2013. Osman’s appearance this year was also noteworthy for the fact that it was the first time that another swimmer from Africa appeared in the final with her.
Finishing just .02 behind and finishing in a heart-breaking 4th place was Erin Gallagher. The South African broke the 100-fly national and continental record just a few days ago, setting a new mark of 57.59 during the preliminary session. Gallagher, whose personal best of 25.66 was set at the 2024 World University Games, nearly matched that time but will have some work cut out for her to match Osman’s Continental record of 25.38 set at the 2022 Worlds, but regardless has had a great meet making the finals of a long course Worlds for the first time.
Osman and Gallagher’s appearance together marks the first time two swimmers from the continent were in the same final since Tatjana Schoenmaker and Kaylene Corbett did so in 2019 for the 200 breaststroke.
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