There’s a brand new title to observe for Team USA in Olympic swimming. Gretchen Walsh has been on the radar as “the following nice one” since 2019 when she dominated in freestyle and medley on the World Junior Championships, now 5 years later at age 21 she’s smashing world information.
Over the weekend Walsh competed within the U.S. Olympic trials in Indianapolis the place she beat the document in 100m butterfly which has stood for the reason that 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.
The document recreation within the second semi last, and it was after Walsh set the second-fastest time in historical past earlier that day within the prelims. At the tip of the race she didn’t even know she went that sort of pace, bobbing as much as large applause and instantly realizing that she made historical past.
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Walsh, a swimmer on the University of Virginia helps give Team USA some of the fearsome lineups coming into the Olympic video games. With the legendary Katie Ledecky returning to the video games and now Walsh the one main problem on the horizon is about to come back from Australia, long-time rivals within the sport.
That battle might be settled later this summer season, however for now Walsh can simply recognize that she’s gone quicker than any girl in historical past.
