Sydney Pickrem, Penny Oleksiak move into finals at FINA world championships
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Sydney Pickrem put herself in medal contention at the FINA world championships on Sunday by breaking her own Canadian record in the 200-metre individual medley semifinal.
Pickrem of Clearwater, B.C., clocked a time of two minutes 9.17 seconds which puts her in third position for Monday’s final.
“A best time is a best time, you can’t be upset with that,” Pickrem said. “The plan is to descend my 200s. We’re in the right direction so hopefully I keep getting better tomorrow night.”
World record holder Katinka Hosszu of Hungary took the top spot at 2:07.14 while Melanie Margalis of the U.S., is second after finishing in 2:08.70. Ottawa’s Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson was 11th.