While some of the biggest names in American swimming have faltered at the Paris Olympics, Torri Huske has claimed a starring role. The 21-year-old Virginian picked up her second gold of the Summer Games, anchoring the U.S. team to a world record in the 4x100-meter mixed medley relay.
United States’ Torri Huske celebrates winning the last lap in the mixed 4x100-meter medley relay final at the Summer Olympics in Nanterre, France, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. Torri Huske , of the United States, waves as she stands on the podium to receive her silver medal for the women’s 100-meter freestyle final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Nanterre, France.
She also has two silver medals to help ease the sting of swimmers such as Caeleb Dressel, Simone Manuel and Ryan Murphy coming up short of expectations. “This meet has been great and this meant so much to me. The world record with these three is just like unbelievable,” said the 21-year-old Huske, who was joined on the mixed relay by Murphy, Nic Fink and Gretchen Walsh.
She dove in with a lead of just four-hundredths of a second over China’s Yang Junxuan, and zealously guarded it as they went down the pool and back, side by side all the way.US draws Brazil in Olympic men’s quarterfinals. Serbia or Australia would await in the semisGood enough to break the world record set by Britain at the Tokyo Olympics, when the mixed medley made its debut with the Americans posting a disappointing fifth-place finish.
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