Kate Douglass Lowers 200IM WR En-Route To Gold In Budapest

FLASH! Kate Douglass Lowers 200IM WR; Takes Down Katinka Hosszu’s 2014 Mark En-Route To Gold

Kate Douglass lowered the 200IM world record that had stood since 2014 as en-route to gold at the short-course worlds in Budapest.

The USA swimmer went 2:01.63 to take 0.23 from the time of 2:01.86 that had stood to Katinka Hosszu since the 2014 edition in Doha.

It was the fourth WR of the first night at the Duna Arena in the Hungarian capital following Summer Mcintosh (400 free), Noè Ponti (50 fly) and USA teammate Gretchen Walsh (50 fly).

Teammate Alex Walsh was second in 2:02.65 with Abbie Wood lowering her British record in 2:02.75 for bronze.