Douglass Breaks 50m Free World Record Second Time in One Day
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Kate Douglas broke the world record in the 50m freestyle twice in one day at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. She reclaimed the world number one spot by beating her teammate Gretchen Walsh with a time of 23.19 seconds in the final, and also won a silver medal in the 200m breaststroke and a gold medal in the 400m medley relay, showcasing the best performance of the competition.
American swimmer Kate Douglass showed her strength in the pool this weekend when she broke the world record in the 50-meter freestyle twice.
American surpasses its own mark in the 50m free during the Pan-Pacific Championship, while Lani Pallister closes Katie Ledecky's undefeated sequence in the 800m
Douglass breaks 50m free world record second time in one day
Kate Douglass continued her assault on the 50m freestyle world record on Saturday, clocking a stunning 23.19sec to win Pan Pacific Championships gold with her second world mark of the day. The American sliced three-tenths of a second off the world record of 23.49sec she set hours earlier in the heats in Irvine, California. That broke the world record of 23.55sec set by fellow American Gretchen Walsh on June 28 in Rome — where Walsh broke the wor…
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