Douglass sets 50m freestyle world record at Pan Pacific
BREAKING: Kate Douglass sets a new 50m freestyle world record at the Pan Pacific Championships.
Kate Douglass just swam the fastest 50 meter freestyle in history.
A world record at the Pan Pacific Championships tonight, in the one race where there's nowhere to hide. No turns that matter, no pacing, no strategy. You dive in, you go blind for one lap, and you either touch first or you don't. She touched faster than any woman ever has, and you can see her here in full flight.
What I love about Douglass is the range. This is a swimmer who's medaled across strokes and distances, a genuine all rounder, and now she owns the pure speed event too. That's like a chess grandmaster winning an arm wrestling title on the side.
The splash and dash record is the one sprinters chase their whole careers, and tonight it belongs to an American. Every sprinter on the planet just got a new number taped to their locker.
This is Angel Manalo, reporting for HIT.
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