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Douglass breaks 50m free world record at Indy Pro Swim

Kate Douglass surged home in 23.59sec to break Sarah Sjostrom’s 50m freestyle world record in a scintillating final at the Pro Swim Series in Indianapolis on Friday. The versatile Douglass, the 200m breaststroke gold medallist at the 2024 Paris Olympics, sliced two-hundredths of a second off the previous world record of 23.61 set by Sweden’s […] The post Douglass breaks 50m free world record at Indy Pro Swim appeared first on The Namibian .

The Namibian20 Jun 2026, 07:03 am
Douglass breaks 50m free world record at Indy Pro Swim

Kate Douglass surged home in 23.59sec to break Sarah Sjostrom’s 50m freestyle world record in a scintillating final at the Pro Swim Series in Indianapolis on Friday.

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The versatile Douglass, the 200m breaststroke gold medallist at the 2024 Paris Olympics, sliced two-hundredths of a second off the previous world record of 23.61 set by Sweden’s Sjostrom at the World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, on July 29, 2023.

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Originally published by The Namibian on 20 Jun 2026, 07:03 am. View original article
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