Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom has claimed that breaking her own world record in the 100m butterfly final at the World Championships in Kazan proves that she can perform under pressure.
The 21-year-old lowered her time by a hundredth of a second to secure a gold medal in 55.64s on Monday.
"My plan was to break the world record in the semi-finals because there is always more pressure in the final," Sjostrom told The AP. "So I'm very happy that I could show myself that I could swim even with all this pressure."
Denmark's Jeanette Ottesen clocked 57.05s to claim silver, while Lu Ying of China snatched the bronze medal in a time of 57.48s.
