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ROME — American swimmer Gretchen Walsh broke the world record in the women's 50-meter freestyle Sunday, just nine days after her training partner Kate Douglass had set a new mark in the sprint distance.
June 19 : American Kate Douglass broke Olympic champion Sarah Sjostrom's women's 50 metres freestyle world record on Friday at a U.S. Pro Swim Series event in Indianapolis.
Kate Douglass broke the world record in the women's 50-metre freestyle at the TYR Pro Swim Series meet Friday night in Indianapolis.
May 3 : Gretchen Walsh bettered her own 100m butterfly world record for the third time in a year as she clocked 54.33 seconds in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the same event where she became the first woman to breach the 55-second mark.
SINGAPORE — The United States, which had a frustrating swim world championships, ended on a high note Sunday with a world record in the women's 4x100 medley in the last event of the eight-day championships.
SINGAPORE: Gretchen Walsh admits she struggles to understand the flak being directed at the US team over their performance at the world championships in Singapore and said the swimmers have been competing under extremely difficult circumstances.
Katie Ledecky remains the gold standard in the 800-meter freestyle.
Once again it was American Regan Smith looking to take down McKeownFastest off the blocks, McEvoy once again denied Ben Proud (21.26) goldSINGAPORE: World record holder Kaylee McKeown underlined her status as the undisputed queen of backstroke swimming as she added the 200 meters gold to her triumph in the 100 at the world championships in Singapore on Saturday.Once again it was American Regan Smith looking to take down McKeown, only to be reeled in on the last lap as the Australian dominator clocked 2:03.33, the third fastest swim of all time.It was nearly a second better than Smith (2:04.29), who had taken silver behind McKeown in the 100 and 200 at the Paris Olympics and was runner-up to her again in the 100 in Singapore.Just like in Paris, McKeown’s win came straight after compatriot Cameron McEvoy stormed to his second 50 freestyle title in 21.14 seconds, becoming the oldest Australian swimming world champion at the age of 31.Fastest off the blocks, McEvoy once again denied Ben Proud (21.26) gold, having beaten the Briton to the Olympic title by a fingertip in Paris exactly a year ago.A new dad since Paris, McEvoy thanked his wife Maddi and gave a shout-out to his baby boy Hartley.“It’s a very different life,” he said.“I’ve got to navigate it, I’ll figure it out.