The 22-year-old Minnesota native's sensational 100-meter backstroke victory followed disappointment in the butterfly event.
What an up-and-down journey it’s been.The 22-year-old Minnesota native touched in 57.13 seconds, easily beating the mark of 57.33 set a year ago by Australia’s Kaylee McKeown.Smith was just 17 when she first set a world record in the event at the 2019 world championships. But she struggled to deal with the sudden, newfound fame, ceding dominance in the event to McKeown.was almost crippling at times.
Showing how much her confidence has grown, Smith bounced back emphatically after getting edged for a spot on the U.S. team inFlipping to her back, Smith set the second world record of the trials, following Walsh’s mark in the semifinals of the 100 butterfly.earned the right to defend the 800 freestyle gold he won in Tokyo with a time of 7 minutes, 44.22 seconds.
“It’s really just over the last, especially the last two months, my training has really picked up and now just talking to my coach, we just had a really good plan,” Whitlock said. “We kind of got everything planned out like a month and a half before this and I was just really confident with the work I’ve been putting in, so I knew I could execute it.
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