{"id":601594,"date":"2024-12-12T09:53:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T16:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=601594"},"modified":"2024-12-12T10:43:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T17:43:38","slug":"budapest-2024-day-3-finals-gretchen-walsh-adds-another-gold-in-50-31-100-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/budapest-2024-day-3-finals-gretchen-walsh-adds-another-gold-in-50-31-100-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Budapest 2024, Day 3 Finals: Gretchen Walsh Adds Another Gold, American record of 50.31 100 Free"},"content":{"rendered":"

Budapest 2024, Day 3 Finals: Gretchen Walsh Adds Another Gold in 50.31 100 Free<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s Gretchen Walsh\u2019s<\/strong> sprinting world, and the rest of us are just swimming in it, at a considerable distance behind her.<\/p>\n

The UVA speedster added another gold medal at the 2024 World Short-Course Championships in Budapest on Thursday, coming within .06 of adding another world record in the 100 freestyle.<\/p>\n

Walsh won with a time of 50.31 seconds, improving the No. 2 all-time performance and adding another gold medal to her pile. She brushed within six hundredths of Cate Campbell\u2019s<\/strong> world record of 50.25 from 2017. It\u2019s her third gold medal of the championships.<\/p>\n

Silver went to France\u2019s Beryl Gastaldello<\/strong> in 50.63. Kate Douglass<\/strong> of the U.S. was third in 50.73. All three swimmers were under the meet record entering the championships.<\/p>\n