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06/28 15:59 CDT Swimming world record lasts just nine days as Gretchen Walsh
breaks 50 freestyle mark in Rome
Swimming world record lasts just nine days as Gretchen Walsh breaks 50
freestyle mark in Rome
ROME (AP) --- American swimmer Gretchen Walsh broke the world record in the
women's 50 meter freestyle on Sunday, just nine days after her training partner
Kate Douglass had set a new mark in the sprint distance.
Walsh clocked 23.55 seconds at the Sette Colli meet in Rome to shave 0.04
seconds off the record Douglass set in Indianapolis on June 19.
Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden, who held the world record before Douglass, finished
second on Sunday in 23.86.
Walsh and Douglass are former teammates at the University of Virginia and still
train together. After seeing her mark bested so quickly, Douglass posted a
photo of Walsh on Instagram with the text "was fun while it lasted" and a
handshake emoji.
Walsh, who won two relay gold medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics, also holds the
short-course world record over 50 meters and the long-course mark in the 100
butterfly.
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