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American Swimmer Sets New Women's 50-Meter Freestyle World Record in Rome
Walsh swam 23.55 seconds at the Sette Colli meet to shave 0.04 seconds from the mark set nine days earlier by training partner Kate Douglass. Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden finished second in 23.86 seconds.
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American swimmer Gretchen Walsh broke the world record in the women's 50-meter freestyle on Sunday at the Sette Colli meet in Rome. ESPN reported that Walsh clocked 23.55 seconds, 0.04 seconds faster than the previous record set by her training partner Kate Douglass on June 19 in Indianapolis. Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden, who held the world record before Douglass, finished second in 23.86 seconds.
Walsh and Douglass are former University of Virginia teammates who continue to train together. Douglass posted a photo of Walsh on Instagram with the text "was fun while it lasted" and a handshake emoji. Walsh won two relay gold medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics and also holds the short-course world record in the 50-meter freestyle and the long-course mark in the 100-meter butterfly.
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