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She is Swedish swimming’s great queen in the pool.
That is why it is so incredibly surprising when Sarah Sjöström is asked the simple question: “Do you like swimming?”
And gives the most unexpected answer!
29 years old has Sarah Sjostrom been in the spotlight for more than half his life. She already broke through as a 14-year-old when she sensationally won European Championship gold in 2008 in the 100 meter butterfly.
Sjöström’s greatness
Ever since then, the career has been a pure success story for the Stockholm native. The swimming queen has won a whopping 89 international championship medals over the years, breaking plenty of world records along the way.
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The most precious medal is of course her only Olympic gold, which Sjöström won in Rio 2016 when she took home her favorite event, the 100 meter butterfly. His career is not over yet and his sights are already set on the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
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Sarah’s shock response
But despite all the successes in the pool and all the thousands of hours in the water, you can believe that she actually loves being under the surface. But that’s not actually the case when she gets the most common question: “Do you like swimming?”
– I swim almost 8-10 swimming sessions a week. So I have almost constantly wet hair so I prefer not to bathe when I get the chance, she says in an interview with SVT Sport on Instagram, see the video below.
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Sarah Sjöström also gets to answer the question if it is important to be good at holding your breath when competing in swimming, see the full interview below.
– I think it’s quite good to hold your breath, but above all you have to be good at swimming, she says and admits herself how good she is at holding her breath:
– I have never tested how long I can hold my breath. But it’s no problem for me to hold my breath during a 50-meter race. It is not so important to practice holding your breath for a long time. But you have to hold your breath for 30 seconds or something so it’s not that dangerous.
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