The 27-year-old Swede swam six tenths faster than she had done before during the World Cup and hit the tile in a time of 55.46.
– I’m really happy to finish in 55 seconds. The goal was to swim faster for each sub-competition, says Louise Hansson in the Eurovision Sports broadcast.
She finished third over the distance in Shanghai and fourth in Incheon, South Korea. Now came the perfect match for this summer’s Olympic finalist.
The victory meant that she also stopped 21-year-old Finnish Laura Lahtinen from the bonus check of just over SEK 100,000 that goes to the swimmers who manage to take three straight victories in their discipline during the World Cup.
Lahtinen was only third and Hansson’s margin of victory to 17-year-old Japanese runner-up Mizuki Hirai was 35 hundredths.
Sara Junevik also swam in the final and finished sixth in 56.99. Junevik doubled and finished fourth in the 100-meter free in 52.61, just over half a second from third place.