Kate Douglass shattered the women's 50m freestyle world record on Saturday, clocking 23.49sec in the heats at the Pan Pacific Championships to set a tantalizing showdown with former record-holder ...

Kate Douglass took back the 50m free world record from training partner Gretchen Walsh.

The American clocks a stunning 23.19sec to win Pan Pacific Championships gold. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

US swim superstar Katie Ledecky was upstaged by Lani Pallister, while Kate Douglass made history twice in 50m freestyle.

Kate Douglass reacts after breaking the world record in the 50-meter freestyle on June 19, 2026. She broke it again on Aug. 15 at the Pan Pacific Championships. After missing the 100 freestyle world ...

Douglass improved on the world mark of 23.55sec that fellow-American Gretchen Walsh set on June 18. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

American Kate Douglass breaks the 50m freestyle world record twice in one day as she dominates at the Pan Pacific Swimming ...

Kate Douglass took back her 50m freestyle crown during Saturday's preliminary heats of the 2026 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, flying to a 23.49 to break Gretchen Walsh's 23.55 from June.

American Kate Douglass took back the world record in the 50m freestyle from training partner Gretchen Walsh in the preliminary heats, then broke it again — crushed it — in the evening final at the Pan ...

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Lani Pallister of Australia stunned Katie Ledecky with her first international loss in the 800-meter freestyle at the Pan Pacific Championships on Saturday night. Pallister was ...