The American improves her records in the 100 butterfly and 100 medley in Budapest. Seven records have been broken so far, including relays
Gretchen Walsh no longer knows what to say at the World Championships in Budapest. He swims, sets records (we are at 7 relays included), gets out of the water and collects bonus after bonus (25,000 dollars for each world record) and collects medals. Younger artistic sister, 21 years old – Alex is 23 – was born in Nashville, but more than country she brings to mind anything more electrifying. He swims divinely, turns and does breath-taking dives, his strokes and frequencies are impeccable. And he doesn’t feel the fatigue: on the first day he achieved 3 records, after four days he has 6 records: 5 individual. Swim for Virginia University like Jasmine Nocentini. In Athens, Georgia, before the Olympics Gretchen became the first woman in the world to swim the 100 freestyle under 45″, exactly 44″83. At the American Olympic trials she canceled out Swedish Sarah Sjostrom’s world championship in the 100 butterfly in 55.18.
walls knocked down
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In Budapest, in the short course today in the semi-final she became the first to break the 53″ barrier (52″87) after having erased the Canadian Macneill’s record in the morning which was stuck at 54″. For Gretchen, morning or evening is all relative if it’s about breaking walls and records. The following evening the dolphin won gold in the 100 medley in 55″11: another race, another record. In twenty-six minutes. He is causing a crisis for his partner Kate Douglass, already world champion in the 100m freestyle. In short, they are her championships: she is the woman of records, of an America that has made a void in the medals. It’s one that ranges from freestyle to butterfly to medley. A complete, thoroughbred swimmer. Competitor in the purest sense: American style.
incentives
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The Danube star says: “I love celebrating good victories, records, with cash incentives just because this is not a sport that generates big profits. It’s definitely payday, or rather, pay week, I think… I just think it’s going to be hard work that ends on Sunday.” He added that he is still adjusting to competing in a 25-meter pool as he either swims yards or 50 meters. “I just try to swim the best race I can every time, and then see what the final time is because I still can’t really understand what I’m doing when I’m doing a short course race.” He still has to take measurements…
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