Marrit Steenbergen Unleashes 51.86 100 Free To Displace Anna Moesch As 2 Performer All-Time ...Middle East

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2026 Mare Nostrum Tour — Canet

Just three days after firing off a new Dutch national record of 52.13 in the women’s 100m freestyle event, 26-year-old Marrit Steenbergen took her lifetime best to entirely new territory en route to severely shaking up the all-time rankings.

Racing on day one of the second stop of the 2026 Mare Nostrum Tour in Canet, world champion Steenbergen unleashed a monster result of 51.86 to dip under the 52-second threshold for the first time in her illustrious career.

Steenbergen opened in 24.91, an uncharacteristically assertive front half, and closed in 26.95 to etch her name into the history books.

In doing so, the Dutch dynamo downed Olympic champion Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden’s overall Mare Nostrum and Canet stop records of 52.08 notched at the 2017 edition of the tour. Sjostrom’s world record remains at 51.71, also established in 2017, although Steenbergen was just 0.15 outside that benchmark.

Behind Steenbergen tonight was Olympic multi-medalist Siobhan Haughey of Hong Kong, who put up a still-stellar outing of 52.36, just .34 off her best-ever 52.02, followed by Canadian Olympian Taylor Ruck, who touched in 54.15.

Steenbergen’s result comes on the heels of American Anna Moesch ripping a lifetime best and new U.S. national record of 51.94 while racing on the final day of the AP Race London International on Monday, May 25th.

At the time, that phenomenal swim ranked the American #2 on the all-time performers list; however, now Steenbergen upped the ante with this otherworldly performance as an incredible answer back.

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This caliber of mastery has been bubbling beneath the surface for Steenbergen for quite some time now. She first broke through as a 15-year-old at the inaugural European Games, where she amassed an incredible 6 medals, including gold in the 100m freestyle, then in a time of 53.97.

The following year, she made her first Dutch Olympic team, representing her nation at the 2016 Games in Rio, where she helped her women’s 4x100m freestyle squad race its way to a 4th-place finish. She also raced the 200m IM and placed 34th overall in her Olympic debut.

The then-teen took some time off to tend to a shoulder injury while also focusing on school before she returned to competition in 2019.

Steenbergen is now back in full force with the LA 2028 Games on the horizon, ready to carry on the enormous Dutch women’s sprinting tradition that has treated us to the likes of Inge de Bruijn, Femke Heemskerk and Ranomi Kromowidjojo.

“Author’s Note: While on a podcast with past SwimiSwam staff Mitch Bowmile, I remember calling out Steenbergen as a potential medalist in the women’s 100m free for the Rio Olympic Games. Apparently, I was at least 10 years too early!”

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