Kate Douglass, a 24-year-old Olympic medalist, lowered her own world record in the women’s 50-meter freestyle for the second time, winning the final in 23.19 seconds at the Pan Pacs.
Douglass first set the record on June 19 at the TYR Pro Swim Series meet in Indianapolis, posting a time of 23.59. Nine days later, teammate Gretchen Walsh lowered it again with a time of 23.55.
In the morning preliminaries, Douglass swam 23.49 to take the mark away from Walsh, who finished second in the evening final in 23.74.
Original reporting: KSAT Sports (San Antonio) — read the source article.
