Team USA’s Gretchen Walsh set an Olympic record in the women’s 100m butterfly.
On the first official day of competition, the Walsh sister swam in the women's 100m butterfly semifinals.
Not only did she clench a place in the finals, but she set a new Olympic record. She finished the semifinal swim in 55.38.It shouldn't come as too much of a surprise though, Walsh already holds the world record in the event. She set that record just last month in Indianapolis.The 21-year-old Olympian follows in her family's footsteps. Her older sister brought home the silver medal during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the women's 200m individual medley.
Walsh was born in Nashville, Tennessee, but moved to Old Greenwich, Connecticut, while Gretchen and her sister, Alex, were young. Then, when Gretchen was 11 years old, her family returned to Nashville.
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