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Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Gretchen Walsh breaks 100-meter butterfly world record 2 times over in 1 day
Breaking her own world record in the 100-meter butterfly just wasn't good enough for Gretchen Walsh on Saturday. The American swimming star entered this week's Tyr Pro Swim Series meet already owning the world record with her 55.18-second performance at the Olympic Trials last year. The 22-year-old began the day by cutting that number to 55.09 seconds in the morning prelims. It was the fastest time in recorded history, and ended up not even being her fastest time of the day. A few hours later, Walsh threw down a monster 54.60 seconds to become the first woman to break the 55-second mark. Walsh now owns the three fastest swims for an event where the previous high was Sarah Sjöström's 55.48 seconds in the 2016 Olympics. It has been a notably fast pool in Fort Lauderdale this week, as Katie Ledecky broke her own 800-meter freestyle record earlier Saturday, the latest chapter of a highly successful meet. Despite that dominance, Walsh fell 0.04 seconds short of gold at the 2024 Olympics, losing to fellow American Torri Huske by the closest of margins. That silver medal was Walsh's only individual medal of the Paris Games, along with golds in the 4x100 medley and mixed medley and silver in the 4x100 freestyle. Walsh has set personal highs in two other events this meet, breaking 53 seconds for the first time in the 100-meter freestyle on Thursday and breaking her own American record in the 50-meter butterfly on Friday. All of that is in preparation for the national championships from June 3-7 in Indianapolis, followed by the world championships in Singapore later this summer.
Independent Singapore
05-05-2025
- Sport
- Independent Singapore
US swimmer Katie Ledecky breaks her own 800m freestyle world record
Swimmer Katie Ledecky broke her own world record in the 800m freestyle, finishing with a final time of 8:04.12 at the Tyr Pro Swim Series in Fort Lauderdale. At the age of 28, she swam faster than the time she set at the 2016 Olympics, which was 8:04.79. This is her first long-distance world record since 2018, and she truly proved that she's one of the best swimmers in distance freestyle events. With this, Ledecky said: ' I was really pumped after the 1500m earlier this week.' The athlete started the competition with the second-fastest 1500m, then she also swam her second-best 400m. Ledecky now holds the 10 fastest times ever recorded in the 800m freestyle. In a social media post, the athlete shared: 'Enjoy the process and things happen 📈 Thankful for this journey, this sport, my team, and all of the support ❤️ Now back to work 😎🏊🏻♀️' Netizens expressed their support by commenting on the post: 'Beyond proud!! So dang impressive! Extraordinary athlete with a heart of gold! 💛 so fun rooting you on!', 'Absolutely inspiring as always', 'Congratulations to the GOAT👑👑👏,' and 'you are just crazy, as a distance swimmer I ADMIRE YOU SO MUCH 🙏🏻💗' Ledecky's athletic performance Ledecky first made headlines by winning an Olympic gold in London at just 15 years old. She has only lost the 800m once since February 2024, when Summer McIntosh from Canada defeated her. Ledecky has won nine Olympic golds, the most by any woman in swimming. She's also the second swimmer after Michael Phelps to win the same individual swimming event four times, dominating the 800m freestyle from 2012 to 2024. With her recent dominant wins, it is clear that Ledecky is still a top contender in long-distance swimming. As the US national championships in Indianapolis and the world championships in Singapore approach, the athlete reminds everyone that she is one swimmer to beat. Another swimmer who made history The 22-year-old American Gretchen Walsh also made history recently by setting a world record of 55.09 seconds in the 100m butterfly prelims. She broke her own record from last year's Olympic trials by nine hundredths of a second. Furthermore, Walsh also posted an impressive 24.93 in the 50m butterfly, setting an American record and the second-fastest time ever in the event. A double relay gold medallist at the Paris Olympics, Walsh is quickly becoming a strong contender in the sprint butterfly, including the 50m fly, which will make its Olympic debut in 2028.
CBC
04-05-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Ledecky breaks own world record in 800m free, Canada's Kharun wins 100m fly at Tyr Pro Meet
Social Sharing Katie Ledecky broke her nine-year-old world record in the 800 metres to highlight Saturday's events at the Tyr Pro Swim Series meet in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The 28-year-old American churned through the water in 8:04.12, which eclipsed her world record time of 8:04.79 accomplished at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Ledecky had not broken any world records since 2018, but she foreshadowed Saturday's performance by swimming the world's second-fastest 1,500 on Wednesday and delivering her second-fastest 400 on Thursday. Ledecky has earned Olympic gold in the 800 four consecutive times and intends to go for a fifth at the 2028 Los Angeles Games. Jillian Cox took second in 8:23.58 while Claire Weinstein was third in 8:26.06. The 18-year-old Weinstein joined Ledecky, Paige Madden and Erin Gimmell on the United States' 800 free relay team that took silver at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Two-time Olympic gold medallist Gretchen Walsh broke her own world record in the 100 butterfly Saturday — twice. She edged her previous best of 55.18 during the morning prelims (55.09), then shattered that mark during the afternoon finals (54.60). Canadian star Summer McIntosh was originally scheduled to compete in the 100m butterfly but did not race. Kharun wins 100 fly in personal-best time Canada's Ilya Kharun set his second Pro Swim Series record in as many days on Saturday, winning the men's 100m butterfly in 50.42. The 19-year-old from Montreal won by over a second and a half while clocking a personal best, touching the wall ahead of Germany's Bjoern Kammann (51.95). Kharun, who won bronze in the event at Paris 2024, broke Shaine Casas's previous record of 50.80. He won the 50m butterfly in Canadian-record time on Friday. Fellow Canadian Kylie Masse was third in the women's 100m backstroke final on Saturday in 58.90, finishing behind world-record holder Regan Smith (57.46) and Katharine Berkoff (58.79) of the United States.
News.com.au
04-05-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Swimming rocked as legend Katie Ledecky does the unthinkable
Nine-time Olympic gold medallist Katie Ledecky shattered her near nine-year-old record in the 800m freestyle on Saturday, clocking 8min 04.12 to win at the Tyr Pro Swim Series meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Ledecky, 28, improved on the previous record of 8:04.79 that she set at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on August 12, 2016. It was Ledecky's first world record in a long-course 50m pool since 2018. The performance capped a stellar week for Ledecky, who posted the second-fastest 1,500m free in history on Wednesday and swam the second-fastest 400m free of her career a day later. Her performance left swimming commentators blown away. You can watch the dramatic moment in the video player above. American swimming analyst Rowdy Gaines posted on X: 'If anyone still thinks that Katie Ledecky is not the greatest female swimmer in history, you have no idea what you're talking about. 'Not the greatest female freestyler in history. The greatest…period.' The USA Swimming Federation called her 'freakish'. Jillian Cox was second in the race, 19.46sec back on 8:23.58. Claire Weinstein was third in 8:26.06. Ledecky said she was 'fired up' after her 1,500m free, which launched her first elite competition since the Paris Olympics last year. In Paris she won the 1,500m free and also claimed a fourth straight 800m free gold as she equalled the record for most gold medals won by a woman athlete in any sport. She owns the 10 fastest 800m free times in history, with Canadian Summer McIntosh the second-fastest performer with her career-best time of 8:09.86. Since Ledecky burst onto the international scene with her 800m free triumph at the 2012 London Olympics, she has been beaten in the event only once, when McIntosh defeated her at a meeting in Florida in February of last year. But this week, Ledecky has demonstrated she's still the woman to beat as she looks toward the World Championships in Singapore July 27-August 3. The US trials will be held June 3-7 in Indianapolis.
Free Malaysia Today
04-05-2025
- Sport
- Free Malaysia Today
Walsh breaks 100m butterfly world record twice in one day
Gretchen Walsh broke her own 100m butterfly world record in both the preliminary heats and finals at the Tyr Pro Swim Series in Florida. (EPA Images pic) MIAMI : American Gretchen Walsh crushed her hours-old world record in the 100m butterfly with a blistering 54.60sec to win the final at the Tyr Pro Swim Series meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Saturday. Walsh had clocked 55.09sec in the heats to improve on the world record of 55.18 she set at the US Olympic rials in Indianapolis on June 15 last year. The American settled for silver in the event at the Paris Olympics behind teammate Torri Huske, who was a distant second in Saturday's final in 56.59. Walsh's 100m fly exploits came a day after the two-time Olympic relay gold medallist joined Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom as the only women to break 25 seconds for the 50m butterfly, clocking 24.93 to win the final.
