WIRE — Kate Douglass shattered the womens 50m freestyle world record on Saturday, clocking 23.49sec in the heats at the Pan Pacific Championships to set a tantalizing showdown with former record-holder Gretchen Walsh. Douglass improved on the world mark of 23.55sec that fellow-American Walsh set on June 28 at the Sette Colli Trophy in Rome. Walshs mark The post American Kate Douglass reclaims 50m freestyle world record appeared first on The Namibian.
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