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American Kate Douglass breaks 50m freestyle world record twice in one day
Douglass had first broken record with 23.49sec in heats
TL;DR
- Kate Douglass broke the women's 50m freestyle world record twice in one day.
- She won the Pan Pacific Championships final with a time of 23.19 seconds.
- Douglass had previously set the record at 23.49 seconds during the morning preliminaries.
- Gretchen Walsh finished second in the final, and Meg Harris took third.
- Douglass also won a silver medal in the 200m breaststroke, finishing behind Alexanne Lepage.
- Yu Yiting of China won the women's 200m individual medley, setting a championship record.
- Summer McIntosh secured silver in the 200m IM and also won silver in the 200m freestyle and bronze in the 4x200 freestyle relay.