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Gretchen Walsh Record Progression
Progressive timing improvements in the 100m butterfly world record
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Gretchen Walsh lowers own 100m butterfly world record for fourth time ...
Walsh won in 54.33 seconds at the Fort Lauderdale Open in Florida, where she set her previous world record of 54.60s.American swimmer Gretchen Walsh has stormed to 54.33 seconds in the women’s 100-metre butterfly to lower her own world record for the fourth time at the Fort Lauderdale Open in Florida, the United States.Walsh on Saturday sliced 27-hundredths of a second off the previous world record of 54.60 she set in the same pool at a Pro Swim event last May. She broke the record twice in one day at last year’s meeting and has now broken the record four times.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Olympic gender test ‘a disrespect for women’, South Africa’s Semenya sayslist 2 of 3Flag, anthem restrictions dropped for Russian, Belarusian swimmerslist 3 of 3Olympics urged to drop reported gender test plans for female athletesend of listWinner of three world titles in Singapore last year, Walsh is now more than a second faster than the second-fastest woman in the history of the event, with Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom at her best of 55.48 seconds.She was more than four seconds faster than world junior record holder Claire Curzan, who clocked 58.44 for silver, and fastest in the world this season by more than two seconds.Walsh now owns more than a third of the sub-56-second swims in the event’s history.The 23-year-old joked about making the world record an “annual thing” as she took to social media soon after her feat.“Could not be more grateful for the WR, the crowd, and the pool,” she said in a post on Instagram.France’s Olympic hero Leon Marchand captured two titles to take his tally for the week to four.On Saturday, the four-time Olympic gold medallist won the 200 metres breaststroke in 2 minutes 9.04 seconds, his best time of the season, and followed up with a victory in the 200m individual medley in 1:57.28.Hungary’s Hubert Kos, who trains with Marchand under former Michael Phelps mentor Bob Bowman in Texas, tied for second in the medley with Carson Foster, both touching in 1:57.95.Marchand, gearing up for the European Championships starting in Paris on July 31, had used early meets this season to test himself in less familiar events.But in Fort Lauderdale, the 23-year-old has opted for the same race programme that saw him win four gold medals at the 2024 Paris Games.Katie Ledecky opened the day with an 8:12.66 in the women’s 800m freestyle to finish more than 30 seconds ahead of 8:40.80 by Katie Grimes.Ledecky, the most decorated female swimmer in h...
Gretchen Walsh breaks 100m butterfly world record for the 4th time
Gretchen Walsh returned to the pool where she broke the 100m butterfly record twice in one day a year ago ... and lowered the record again.Walsh clocked 54.33 seconds at the Fort Lauderdale Open, breaking the world record of 54.60 that she set at the same venue last May 3.AdvertisementIn all, Walsh owns the 13 fastest times in history — all swum since June 2024 — and has broken the world record four times.She first lowered the world record at the 2024 Olympic Trials — from Swede Sarah Sjostrom's 55.48 to 55.18 — and then did it again in Fort Lauderdale last May in prelims (55.09) and finals (54.60).After her fourth world record Saturday, she is more than a second clear of the second-fastest performer in history (still Sjostrom's 55.48) — the largest gap in any women's or men's 100-meter event.Walsh is the 2024 Olympic silver medalist and 2025 World champion in the 100m fly.AdvertisementSwimmers are preparing for this summer's major international meets — the Pan Pacific Championships in Irvine, California, and the European Championships in Paris, both in August.The next top-level meet is a Tyr Pro Series stop in Sacramento, California, from May 20-23.Isabelle StaddenIsabelle Stadden breaks into all-time backstroke greats with big lifetime bestsIsabelle Stadden lowered her 100m and 200m backstroke personal bests in Fort Lauderdale.
Gretchen Walsh breaks 100m butterfly world record for the 4th time
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Gretchen Walsh sets another world record in 100m butterfly as Katie ...
Later in the evening, Ledecky's American teammate Gretchen Walsh brought the crowd to its feet as she set another new world record in the 100m butterfly in 54.33, continuing her domination of this event - with the 13 fastest times ever recorded in it.
