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Forbes
4 days ago
- General
- Forbes
Gretchen Walsh's American Record Streak Continues At U.S. Nationals
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - JUNE 03: Gretchen Walsh reacts after competing in the Women's 100m Freestyle ... More Final on day one of the Toyota National Championships at Indiana University Natatorium on June 03, 2025 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by) Gretchen Walsh continues to maintain her record-breaking wins at the U.S. National Championships. Qualifying for her second World Championships, Walsh broke the American record for the fourth time so far this season in the 50 fly by posting a time of 24.66. Her performance helped her significantly lower her own previous record of 24.93, set at last month's Fort Lauderdale Pro Series. 'I wanted to go for a best time; that would have meant another American record,' said Walsh as she candidly spoke about not expecting to lower the record 'by that much.' She was followed by her former University of Virginia teammate Kate Douglass in 25.39. Currently Walsh is the second-fastest swimmer in the event, following Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom. In a previous article, I wrote about how Sjostrom, a six-time consecutive world champion in the 50 fly, being absent from the 2025 season will provide an opportunity for Walsh. As the 22-year-old is getting closer to breaking Sjostrom's 11-year-old world record of 24.43, Walsh is now also in line to upgrade her bronze medal in the fly event and claim her first individual gold medal at the World Championships in July. Walsh has succesfully carried the momentum from the previous season. She set multiple records at the 2024 Short Course championships using her flexibility and underwater dolphin kicks to their full potential. Since last year, her performance in long-course pools has also made a significant development. Walsh is currently the fastest woman in the 100 fly in 55.09, breaking the previous world record she set at Olympic trials. Overall, she managed to set 25 individual American records last year across all courses (short-course yards, short-course meters, and long course metres.) In the men's 200 freestyle, Luke Hobson broke a 17-year-old. The 21-year-old became the sixth swimmer in the world to break the 1:44 barrier with a 1:43.73 finish. With this, he also broke Michael Phelps' U.S. Open record of 1:44.10 set in the super suit era at the trials of the 2008 Summer Olympics. The Texas swimmer is now the second-fastest American swimmer in the fly event after Phelps. His performance also helped him post the fifth-fastest time of all time and clock the fastest time ever in a U.S. pool. '1:43, that's kind of been a goal of mine for a couple of years now,' said Hobson as he revealed his 'overall goal' to break Germany's Paul Biedermann's supersuited world record of 1:42.00 set at the 2009 World Championships in Rome.
Straits Times
03-05-2025
- Sport
- Straits Times
Walsh breaks American record in 50m butterfly
Gretchen Walsh improved on her own American record and became the second fastest woman to swim the 50 metre butterfly after Swede Sarah Sjostrom by clocking 24.93 seconds at the TYR Pro Swim Series meet in Florida on Friday. The 31-year-old Sjostrom holds the 50m butterfly world record with a time of 24.43, set during the Swedish Championships in July 2014, and has never been beaten in the event at world championships since 2015. However, 22-year-old Walsh has emerged as one to watch ahead of the event's debut at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. "I think that the second woman to ever be under 25 (seconds) is a pretty cool stat. I have definitely had my eyes set on that," Walsh told USA swimming. "I'm really happy with the swim. There is definitely room to get better ... I love following in the footsteps of Sarah Sjostrom (in the women's 50m butterfly), she's such an idol to me, and it's cool to be in the same sentence as her." Walsh took silver in the 100m butterfly behind fellow American Torri Huske at the Paris Games and secured team gold in the women's and mixed 4×100m medley relays. Sjostrom, who swept the 50m and 100m freestyle golds in Paris, is taking the season off as she awaits the birth of her first child, but is targeting a return to the pool at the LA Games. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
CNA
03-05-2025
- Sport
- CNA
Walsh breaks American record in 50m butterfly
Gretchen Walsh improved on her own American record and became the second fastest woman to swim the 50 metre butterfly after Swede Sarah Sjostrom by clocking 24.93 seconds at the TYR Pro Swim Series meet in Florida on Friday. The 31-year-old Sjostrom holds the 50m butterfly world record with a time of 24.43, set during the Swedish Championships in July 2014, and has never been beaten in the event at world championships since 2015. However, 22-year-old Walsh has emerged as one to watch ahead of the event's debut at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. "I think that the second woman to ever be under 25 (seconds) is a pretty cool stat. I have definitely had my eyes set on that," Walsh told USA swimming. "I'm really happy with the swim. There is definitely room to get better ... I love following in the footsteps of Sarah Sjostrom (in the women's 50m butterfly), she's such an idol to me, and it's cool to be in the same sentence as her." Walsh took silver in the 100m butterfly behind fellow American Torri Huske at the Paris Games and secured team gold in the women's and mixed 4×100m medley relays. Sjostrom, who swept the 50m and 100m freestyle golds in Paris, is taking the season off as she awaits the birth of her first child, but is targeting a return to the pool at the LA Games.
Reuters
03-05-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Walsh breaks American record in women's 50m butterfly
May 3 (Reuters) - Gretchen Walsh improved on her own American record and became the second fastest woman to swim the 50 metre butterfly after Swede Sarah Sjostrom by clocking 24.93 seconds at the TYR Pro Swim Series meet in Florida on Friday. The 31-year-old Sjostrom holds the 50m butterfly world record with a time of 24.43, set during the Swedish Championships in July 2014, and has never been beaten in the event at world championships since 2015. However, 22-year-old Walsh has emerged as one to watch ahead of the event's debut at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. "I think that the second woman to ever be under 25 (seconds) is a pretty cool stat. I have definitely had my eyes set on that," Walsh told USA swimming. "I'm really happy with the swim. There is definitely room to get better ... I love following in the footsteps of Sarah Sjostrom (in the women's 50m butterfly), she's such an idol to me, and it's cool to be in the same sentence as her." Walsh took silver in the 100m butterfly behind fellow American Torri Huske at the Paris Games and secured team gold in the women's and mixed 4×100m medley relays. Sjostrom, who swept the 50m and 100m freestyle golds in Paris, is taking the season off as she awaits the birth of her first child, but is targeting a return to the pool at the LA Games.
