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Gretchen Walsh broke the world record in the 50m freestyle, taking it from training partner Kate Douglass after Douglass broke it nine days ago.
Walsh, who owns the 16 fastest times in history in the 100m butterfly, swam 53.55 seconds at the Sette Colli meet in Rome on Sunday.
She beat Douglass' record of 23.59 from the Tyr Pro Series meet in Indianapolis on June 19.
Walsh and Douglass are part of the loaded training group at the University of Virginia.
Walsh is now the fastest woman in history in the 50m free and the 100m fly, plus on Friday at Sette Colli swam the second-fastest 50m fly in history — eight hundredths off Swede Sarah Sjostrom's world record.
Over the last two weeks, Walsh has lowered her 50m free personal best from 23.91 to 23.55, moving from the joint ninth-fastest woman in history to become No. 1 in the fastest event in the sport.
In Douglass' world record race in Indianapolis on June 19, Walsh lowered her personal best to 23.78.
When Douglass broke the world record, she became the first American to hold it since Dara Torres in 1986.
Now Walsh is the first American woman to break a long-course world record in two different strokes since Jenny Thompson, who held the 100m free record from 1992-94 and the 100m fly record from 1999-2000.
Marrit Steenbergen breaks 100m freestyle world record
Marrit Steenbergen lowered Sarah Sjostrom’s world record by three hundredths of a second.
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Walsh, who owns the 16 fastest times in history in the 100m butterfly, swam 53.55 seconds at the Sette Colli meet in Rome on Sunday.
She beat Douglass' record of 23.59 from the Tyr Pro Series meet in Indianapolis on June 19.
Walsh and Douglass are part of the loaded training group at the University of Virginia.
Walsh is now the fastest woman in history in the 50m free and the 100m fly, plus on Friday at Sette Colli swam the second-fastest 50m fly in history — eight hundredths off Swede Sarah Sjostrom's world record.
Over the last two weeks, Walsh has lowered her 50m free personal best from 23.91 to 23.55, moving from the joint ninth-fastest woman in history to become No. 1 in the fastest event in the sport.
In Douglass' world record race in Indianapolis on June 19, Walsh lowered her personal best to 23.78.
When Douglass broke the world record, she became the first American to hold it since Dara Torres in 1986.
Now Walsh is the first American woman to break a long-course world record in two different strokes since Jenny Thompson, who held the 100m free record from 1992-94 and the 100m fly record from 1999-2000.
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Marrit Steenbergen breaks 100m freestyle world record
Marrit Steenbergen lowered Sarah Sjostrom’s world record by three hundredths of a second.
Continue reading...
