Gretchen Walsh returned to the pool where she broke the 100m butterfly record twice in one day a year ago … and lowered the record again.
Walsh clocked 54.33 seconds at the Fort Lauderdale Open, breaking the world record of 54.60 that she set at the same venue last May 3.
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In all, Walsh owns the 13 fastest times in history — all swum since June 2024 — and has broken the world record four times.
She first lowered the world record at the 2024 Olympic Trials — from Swede Sarah Sjostrom’s 55.48 to 55.18 — and then did it again in Fort
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