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American Gretchen Walsh was crowned as the undisputed “queen” World Swimming Championshipsshort course (25-meter pool), ending this Sunday in Budapest, Hungary, after completing participation in the Magyar capital with a total of 11 new world records and seven gold medals.

An impressive performance that thrilled a new dimension to the Nashville swimmer’s figure, which just a few months ago was relegated to a hidden background in the international arena, where The Walsh who beamed was his older sister Alex.silver at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

And this Gretchen Walsh seemed destined to become megastar, when in 2019, at 16 years old, conquered six gold medals at the Junior World Championships disputed, perhaps ironically, in Budapest.

Results that Walsh was unable to translate into an absolute category in which It took him a while to find a spot on Team USA. with whom he did not debut in major international competitions until Fukuoka, World Cup 2023.

The date on which Gretchen Walsh turns 22 The next month, January, he had to “adjust” to a bronze medal in the only individual competition in which he participated, the same butterfly from the 50s.

This result led many to classify Little one of the Walsh sisters How swimmer only in yardsnot being able to transfer their successes in the university environment to long pool at a major international competition.

A label that Gretchen Walsh began to end last June when a new one was created world record -55.18- in the US Olympic Trials, which earned him a spot in Paris Games 2024, in which she won silver after being overtaken by her compatriot. Torrey Husk in a thrilling finale.

Walsh made us forget that defeat, and how, at these short course world championships, in which He won seven gold medals and set eleven new records. nearly half of the thirty new world records set during the six days of competition.

The last two results were achieved this Sunday in the final of the tournament. 50 freein which Gretchen Walsh lowered the world record by 4 hundredths -22.83- which he set in the semi-finals on Saturday, winning with a time of 22.83 seconds, and in final of the women’s 4×100 medley relay, in which the butterfly relay swam

Regan Smith set three world records on the final day

The test in which his compatriot Regan Smith andset a new universal record in the initial post 100 ago, completing the first four distances in 54.02 seconds, 25 hundredths less than the record she herself set with a time of 54.27 seconds on November 1.

A sensational production that set the American quartet on the path to a new universal peak thatRegan Smith, Lilly King, Gretchen Walsh and Kate Douglas They left in a stratospheric 3:40:41 minutes, almost four seconds off the previous record.

Two world records in addition to the one he set Regan Smith, just an hour earlier, in the 200m backstroke final, in which the American won with a time of 1:58.04 minutes.

Hobson takes the 200m freestyle to a new dimension

But not only women shone in sand dune, the fastest pool in the world, as such a world swimming legend as the Hungarian did not hesitate to call it Laszlo Czech, where is the American Luke Hobson has taken the 200m freestyle world record to a new dimension.

Hobsonwhich became last Friday first person in history to break the barrier in one minute thirty-nine seconds after swimming the first stage 4×200 final in 1:38.91 minutes, He once again lowered the all-around record in the double hectometer final.

The American, who won in 1:38.61, lowered his own record by 30 hundredths, leaving the legendary German record completely forgotten. Paul Birdermanthe last remnant of the “magic swimsuit” era, the banned polyurethane swimsuits since 2010 that were still in effect at the start of these world championships.

Cayman Crooks can’t beat its own record

Cayman Islands Universal Record Jordan Crooks He couldn’t get back to the 50 meter free, after confirming this Sunday the gold he won two years ago in Melbourne, winning the final in a time of 20.19 seconds.

Twenty-nine hundredths more than the time during which Swimmer from the Cayman Islands On Saturday he reached the semi-finals, where he became the first man in history to swim under twenty seconds, setting a time of 19.90.

Brands that like Hobson, overshadowed by the successes of swimmers like the Chinese Haiyan Queen, who this Sunday added to his victory in the 100 breaststroke with a victory in the final of the 50 breaststroke with a time of 25.42 seconds or gold for the Hungarian Hubert Kos, The reigning Olympic champion in the 200m backstroke, in which he was two-hundredths of the world record, setting a time of 1:45.65 minutes.

(EFE)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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