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How Torri Huske Rebounded From Disappointments to Win Gold, Become Multi-Event Star for U.S. in Paris<\/strong><\/p>\n

Even on the occasions of her greatest triumphs, career-defining swims such as winning an Olympic gold medal, Torri Huske’s<\/strong> natural instinct is to deflect. The unassuming 21-year-old from Arlington, Va., credits her teammates at Stanford for \u201clifting her up,\u201d and she acknowledges her coach, Greg Meehan<\/strong>, for crafting the plan that brought her to glorious heights in Paris.<\/p>\n

The nine-day run that made her the winningest American swimmer at this year\u2019s Games? Shout-out to the USA Swimming support staff that maximized recovery time and logistical efficiency. And her role anchoring the U.S. women\u2019s 400 medley relay team to gold and a world record<\/a>, becoming the first team ever to swim under 3:50? All about the first three legs. \u201cYou could have put pretty much anyone on that, and it would have been fine, just because they did such an amazing job and they set me up so well,\u201d Huske said.<\/p>\n

In the competition pool, though, Huske brings ferocity to races, mental toughness she has honed over the past four years of competing on the international level. That\u2019s how she became an Olympian and an American-record holder at age 18 and a world champion a year later. It\u2019s how she moved past a crushing fourth-place finish in her first Olympic final and returned to win gold in the same event four years later.<\/p>\n

In Tokyo, Huske led the 100 butterfly final with 15 meters remaining, but Maggie Mac Neil<\/strong>, Zhang Yufei<\/strong> and Emma McKeon<\/strong> each had a little more closing speed to get to the wall ahead. In a field where the top four finishers were separated by less than two tenths, Huske was the unlucky contender to finish without a medal, one hundredth away from bronze.<\/p>\n

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Torri Huske — Photo Courtesy: Giorgio Scala \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto<\/p><\/div>\n

Three years later, the race brought a flash of d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu. Halfway down the final lap, American teammate Gretchen Walsh<\/strong> had taken the clear lead while Mac Neil and Zhang were both even and perhaps ahead of Huske. But then, the finish of a lifetime: Huske reeled in Walsh, pulling even in the final five meters and burying her head on the final five strokes to hit the wall four hundredths ahead<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw the one light on the block, which meant I had won, and it was just a really surreal moment. And I feel like I\u2019ve just been wanting this for so long. I\u2019ve never wanted anything so bad in my life,\u201d Huske said. \u201cI believed I could do it, but it was just the fact that I\u2019ve been wanting this moment for so long and thinking about it, and finally happening was just so surreal. I thought I was gonna start hyperventilating afterwards.\u201d<\/p>\n

Huske credited the Tokyo disappointment for providing perspective, teaching her the resilience she would need to come through in Paris<\/a>. Had it not been for finishing fourth at the previous Games, Huske does not believe she would have secured gold this time around.<\/p>\n

Her journey in the intervening three years had hardly been linear, however. Instead, Huske had built up a champion\u2019s profile in 2022, winning six medals at the World Championships, only to fall flat the next summer. Just 367 days prior to Olympic glory, Huske had experienced a moment as low as any elite-level swimmer can imagine.<\/p>\n

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From ‘Traumatic’ 2023 to Paris Validation<\/h3>\n

At the halfway point of the 2023 World Championships final of the mixed 400 medley relay, China led the United States by a half-second. The butterfly leg, however, was a disaster for the Americans. Huske split 58.19, a whopping two-and-a-half seconds off her then-American record in the individual event, and the team faced a three-second deficit, with Australia also moving ahead of the U.S. team.<\/p>\n

\u201cI almost false-started,\u201d Huske said. \u201cI kind of just fell in, and then I freaked out and completely abandoned my race plan because I just wasn\u2019t thinking, and I was freaking out in the beginning. I just spun it up and then died incredibly hard. So that was definitely a little traumatic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Individually, Huske had fallen to third in the 100 fly final, swimming almost a full second shy of her best time. After taking part in four medal-winning American relays at the 2022 World Championships, winning two golds, she did not swim another relay final in Fukuoka.<\/p>\n

That experience forced Huske to examine what had gone wrong, and there was a clear culprit: an exceptionally heavy load of coursework had cut into her training the previous year. Meehan had seen his swimmer arriving at the pool late and exhausted, and he had adjusted practices accordingly. Huske believes that was the right decision, but it hampered her fitness later in the summer.<\/p>\n

The results at Worlds reaffirmed Huske\u2019s decision to take a gap year from NCAA swimming and from college entirely. \u201cI was like, \u2018I can\u2019t even risk overloading myself this year. I really want to have that singular focus of just being really good in the water and really prioritizing my recovery,\u2019\u201d Huske recalled.<\/p>\n

Her confidence was understandably shaken, though not in Meehan\u2019s training regimen, and the two plotted a course for the Olympic year with Huske seeking every possible advantage. After her medley relay setback, she devoted time to relay starts at least once per week, even though skipping the college season deprived her of a chance to get any race practice before the Olympics. Meanwhile, even early in the season, Huske craved that competition as she sought to flush out the memories from Fukuoka.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe World Cup, Berlin and then Athens, I think that helped me get back into racing mode, and it kind of helped me overcome my fear because I was racing so much,\u201d Huske said. \u201cAnd I think exposure is the best way to overcome something.\u201d<\/p>\n

Steadily, through her European World Cup swing, the U.S. Open and stops on the TYR Pro Swim Series, Huske improved, recording times in-season that eclipsed what she’d done in Fukuoka.<\/p>\n

In June, she qualified for her second Olympic team despite racing in the fastest 100 fly domestic field ever assembled. Walsh broke the world record (and Huske\u2019s American record) in the Trials semifinal<\/a> while Regan Smith<\/strong> moved into the all-time top-five in the event. Huske eclipsed her lifetime best to secure her place in Paris.<\/p>\n

The victory five weeks later meant validation: Huske and Meehan were correct that a few adjustments could put her back in position atop the world, and her trust in the longtime Cardinal coach paid off. The moment was plenty sweet for Meehan, too; numerous high-profile Olympians had departed Stanford for other programs in previous years, Smith included. But Huske had stayed the course. Shortly after Huske\u2019s medal ceremony, she watched a video of Meehan breaking down in tears in the moments after she won gold.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese past few years, I feel like we\u2019ve both been through a lot,\u201d Huske said. \u201cSo it was really nice to have him there by my side, supporting me through my full journey. And it was nice to see him get emotional, if I\u2019m being honest, just because that moment really mattered to me too, and I definitely got emotional.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Completing a Magical Olympics<\/h3>\n

Huske would not swim butterfly again in Paris after winning gold, only because her massive time drops in freestyle made her invaluable for the U.S. relays. After one day off, Huske returned to the pool for the individual 100 free, and she snuck into the final in the seventh position, with a poor finish in her semifinal heat costing her several places.<\/p>\n

The field included two-time world champion Mollie O\u2019Callaghan<\/strong>, Tokyo silver medalist Siobhan Haughey<\/strong> and world-record holder Sarah Sjostrom. B<\/strong>ut Huske knew she could sneak up on the favorites with proper execution.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the past, I\u2019ve had a problem with just going out a little bit too hard,\u201d Huske said. \u201cIt\u2019s not necessarily too fast, just a little bit heavy on my legs. I rewatched my semi or my prelims race, and my legs were working a lot, so I didn\u2019t have as much energy on the back half. I was like, \u2018OK, I need to just trust my speed.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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Torri Huske (left) with fellow 100 freestyle medalists Sarah Sjostrom and Siobhan Haughey — Photo Courtesy: Giorgio Scala \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto<\/p><\/div>\n

Indeed, she nearly stole away a second individual gold medal with a nearly perfect swim. Huske jumped on the race early and flipped first, extending her lead with her usual exceptional underwater. The field tightened down the stretch, but Huske\u2019s magical Olympics continued with a silver<\/a>, finishing behind Sjostrom but edging Haughey and O\u2019Callaghan by hundredths.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew it would be really difficult, but I did believe in myself,\u201d Huske said. \u201c I believed I could win, and it\u2019s fine that I didn\u2019t. As long as you believe you can get way farther than anyone ever thought you could. And as happy as I am with my 100 fly, I\u2019m honestly proud of that race and how I handled it and executed it, just because I feel like I finally have learned how to swim it, and I think I\u2019m still getting more experience in that event. So it was really exciting to see that big time drop and know that I probably have some more in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Huske would conclude the Olympics with relay duty, in the mixed and women\u2019s medleys. As the Olympic champion in the 100 fly, she would traditionally have handled that leg in both relays, but Walsh’s world record and Huske\u2019s significant edge over the other freestyle options required a slight adjustment.<\/p>\n

Smith, Lilly King<\/strong> and Walsh would give Huske a huge edge in the women\u2019s event. The mixed relay was a nailbiter, arguably the top race of the Games, with Huske given a lead of just four hundredths on Zhang and China. In a sharp contrast from her most recent medley relay experience, Huske’s start was more than adequate. Her split was elite. At 51.88, she posted the fastest time in the race and the second-quickest of the entire Olympics. Most importantly, she held off China by 12 hundredths to secure gold<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like everyone just showed up that day,\u201d Huske said. \u201cWe all did exactly what we had to, and going in, I think I had a little bit of a lead, and I was like, \u2018I\u2019m not gonna lose this for them. I can\u2019t.\u2019 I just felt so motivated and driven.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A Winner and an Inspiration<\/h3>\n

By the end of the Games, Huske had collected five medals, tied with Smith for the most by an American athlete in any sport in Paris. Only Zhang, with six, had won more. Huske was one of 11 Olympians to win three or more gold medals, with her total matching fellow swimmers O\u2019Callaghan and Summer McIntosh<\/strong> and American gymnast Simone Biles<\/strong>. Leon Marchand<\/strong> was the only individual to win more than three.<\/p>\n

Her place among the world\u2019s elite swimmers, in serious question after the previous disheartening summer, is very much restored.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was definitely very fortunate,\u201d Huske said. \u201cI put in a lot of work, and you never really know how the meet is gonna go exactly, but that was the goal at the end of the day. I haven\u2019t fully processed it yet, just because it\u2019s been so busy lately.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Torri Huske (right) with Gretchen Walsh after winning Olympic gold in the 100 fly — Photo Courtesy: Andrea Masini \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto<\/p><\/div>\n

A whirlwind tour after the competition included another week and a half in Paris<\/a> followed by vacation in Barcelona and a trip to London for a Taylor Swift<\/strong> performance. Huske spent a week at home in Virginia before returning to Stanford for a return to college life and college swimming. She has two years of eligibility remaining, with tentative plans to continue her education at Stanford after her 2026 graduation and continue training with sights on a home Olympics in 2028.<\/p>\n

Prior to the Games, Huske received a fraction of the attention of some of her American teammates, many riding the wave of flashy accomplishments at Worlds in 2023 or in the 2024 college season. Huske was content to progress behind the scenes. in the preceding year as Huske quietly made progress. Now, she takes the deserved center-stage position.<\/p>\n

As a teenager, she watched Katie Ledecky<\/strong> and Maya DiRado<\/strong>, both Stanford greats of an earlier generation, win gold. When DiRado capped her swimming career with Olympic gold in the 200 back at the 2016 Games, Huske thought, \u201cShe\u2019s everything I want to be.\u201d It helped \u201clight the spark\u201d on Huske\u2019s own elite career.<\/p>\n

Now, Huske has reached that same golden position, where she can be a powerful influence for young swimmers. That includes a recent visit to her old elementary school. It’s perhaps the most fulfilling offshoot of her successful second Olympics.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really cool knowing how many people care about this,\u201d Huske said. \u201cThere\u2019s been quite a few random people who will stop me and be like, \u2018Oh my God. You\u2019re really inspiring.\u2019 And I think it\u2019s just really cool knowing that I\u2019ve made a little bit of a difference, that I\u2019ve inspired some people, especially kids.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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