DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Marrit Steenbergen won gold for the Netherlands in the women's 100-meter freestyle Friday at the World Aquatics Championships.
“The back half is my specialty,” said Steenbergen, who also was part of the winning Dutch team in the 4x100 freestyle relay.
World record-holder Sarah Sjöström of Sweden is at the championships but withdrew from the 100 free before the preliminaries.
The Americans, who are three-time reigning Olympic champions, bounced back from a quarterfinal loss at last year’s world championships in Fukuoka.
Hungary came up just short of its first women's world title since 2005.
Persons:
Marrit Steenbergen, Siobhán Haughey, Hong Kong, Steenbergen, “, ”, Haughey, Jack, Kate Douglass, ” Haughey, Australia's Mollie O'Callaghan, Sarah Sjöström, Rachel Fattal, Ashleigh Johnson, ___
Organizations:
Paris, Dutch, Doha, United, Olympic, Greece
Locations:
DOHA, Qatar, Netherlands, Hong, Fukuoka, Australia, Sweden, United States, Hungary, Fukuoka . Hungary, Spain