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FLASH! Gretchen Walsh Crushes 50 Fly World Record; Takes Down Alshammar’s 2009 Mark
Gretchen Walsh crushed the 50 fly world record in 24.02 as she took down the standard held by Therese Alshammar since November 2009.
Out in 11.28 and back in 12.74 in the fifth of six prelims at the Duna Arena, the USA swimmer took 0.36 from Alshammar’s record of 24.38 that had stood the test of time since the shiny-suit era.
It was the first WR of the short-course worlds which run from 10-15 December in Budapest.
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