Steenbergen Wins Women’s 100m Freestyle World Title
Netherlands’ Marrit Steenbergen competes in a semi-final of the women’s 100m freestyle swimming event during the 2024 World Aquatics Championships at Aspire Dome in Doha on February 15, 2024. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP)
Dutch swimmer Marrit Steenbergen won gold in the women’s 100m freestyle at the global championships in Doha on Friday.
Steenbergen, who won bronze in the race at the championships last year, triumphed in 52.26 seconds, five months before the Paris Olympics.
That was 0.30 seconds faster than Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey, last year’s silver medalist and gold medalist in the 200m earlier this week. Shayna Jack, an Australian, finished third.
Gold medallist Netherlands’ Marrit Steenbergen (C), silver medallist Hong Kong’s Siobhan Bernadette Haughey (L) and bronze medallist Australia’s Shayna Jack pose on the podium of the women’s 100m freestyle swimming event during the 2024 World Aquatics Championships at Aspire Dome in Doha on February 16, 2024. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)Netherlands’ Marrit Steenbergen (R) and Hong Kong’s Siobhan Bernadette Haughey celebrate after their respective first and second places finishes in the final of the women’s 100m freestyle swimming event during the 2024 World Aquatics Championships at Aspire Dome in Doha on February 16, 2024. (Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP)Netherlands’ Marrit Steenbergen celebrates winning the final of the women’s 100m freestyle swimming event during the 2024 World Aquatics Championships at Aspire Dome in Doha on February 16, 2024. (Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP)Hong Kong’s Sum Yuet Cindy Cheung competes in a semi-final of the women’s 200m backstroke swimming event during the 2024 World Aquatics Championships at Aspire Dome in Doha on February 16, 2024. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)Australia’s Shayna Jack prepares for the final of the women’s 100m freestyle swimming event during the 2024 World Aquatics Championships at Aspire Dome in Doha on February 16, 2024. (Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP)
