Another Whistler From Walsh As Smith Adds To American Gold Rush
Regan Smith and Gretchen Walsh added to an American gold rush at the World Short-Course Championships in Budapest, day two also witnessing a World Junior 100 back record by neutral athlete Miron Lifintsev and an Asian 100 breast record from China's Tang Qianting 0.01 shy of the WR
Gold was never in doubt but margins of pioneering dash speed are tricky things: on a sizzling 10.99 at the turn, Gretchen Walsh was on course to set her third World record in the 50m butterfly at the World Short-Course Championships in just two days in Budapest.
A whisker faster out was followed by a fraction slower back, and by a Bondian 0.07, the American fell just shy of her pioneering pace in semis yesterday, the title her's in 24.01.
On a day that witnessed a World-record victory in the men's 'fly dash final for Swiss sprinter Noè Ponti, Walsh emerged from her victory with the three speediest efforts all-time among women.
Craig Lord
