- I am so happy to have won an individual gold medal here, says Sjöström directly by the pool.
- I broke my elbow in February and now I'm back as world champion.
It's fantastic, says Sjöström who then hurried off to charge for the team race over the 4x100 meter medley.
The world record holder, the Dutchwoman Ranomi Kromowidjojo, with four golds in the short distance world championships in the distance, was second in 23.31, an ocean of time behind.
They were parallel at the turn but then Sjöström took over and then dominated the race.
Polish Katarzyna Wasick was third at 23.40.