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Gretchen Walsh Breaks Women’s 50m Freestyle World Record

Gretchen Walsh set a new women's 50m freestyle world record, eclipsing training partner Kate Douglass just nine days after her mark.

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ROME: American swimmer Gretchen Walsh broke the world record in the women’s 50 meter freestyle on Sunday, just nine days after her training partner Kate Douglass had set a new mark in the sprint distance. Walsh clocked 23.55 seconds at the Sette Colli meet in Rome to shave 0.04 seconds off the record Douglass set in Indianapolis on June 19. Agencies

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