Last year’s World Cup top scorer Therese Alshammar is at it again. A quick recap:
Stockholm:
50m free - GOLD - reaction time off the start: 0.65
50m fly - GOLD - RT 0.66
100m fly - GOLD - RT 0.65
Moscow:
50m free- GOLD - RT 0.66
50m fly - GOLD - RT 0.65
100m fly - SILVER - RT 0.67
Berlin:
50m free - GOLD RT 0.66
50m fly - GOLD RT 0.65
100m fly - GOLD RT 0.68
Not bad for a 34 year old! Those reaction times are key - the vast majority of her competitors are posting RTs of 0.71-0.77. Note that Ying Lu, the Chinese lass who beat her in Moscow, had the same RT of 0.67.
For comparison, Therese won 15 golds over 7 meets last year (though Hinkelien Schreuder isn’t in the picture yet this season so an extra 5 medals in the 50m free are up for grabs).
