American Kate Douglass reclaims 50m freestyle world record
Kate Douglass shattered the women’s 50m freestyle world record on Saturday, clocking 23.49sec in the heats at the Pan Pacific Championships to set a tantalizing showdown with former record-holder Gretchen Walsh. Douglass improved on the world mark of 23.55sec that fellow-American Walsh set on June 28 at the Sette Colli Trophy in Rome. Walsh’s mark […] The post American Kate Douglass reclaims 50m freestyle world record appeared first on The Namibian .
Kate Douglass shattered the women’s 50m freestyle world record on Saturday, clocking 23.49sec in the heats at the Pan Pacific Championships to set a tantalizing showdown with former record-holder Gretchen Walsh.
Douglass improved on the world mark of 23.55sec that fellow-American Walsh set on June 28 at the Sette Colli Trophy in Rome.
Walsh’s mark had improved on the world record of 23.59 that Douglass herself had set on June 19 — and Douglass said that she believed she could still improve technically.
