DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dutch sprinters Ranomi Kromowidjojo and Femke Heemskerk finished 1-2 in the 100-meter freestyle Friday at the short-course world championships.
Natalie Coughlin of the United States was third. Coughlin won the 100-meter backstroke on Thursday.
Kromowidjojo clocked a championship-record 51.45 seconds in the two-lap race.
Kromowidjojo and Heemskerk were part of the Dutch squad that took gold in the 400 freestyle relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and last year’s long-course worlds in Rome.
