美国游泳选手凯特·道格拉斯在泛太平洋锦标赛女子50米自由泳预赛中创造世界纪录[1]。这位24岁的运动员在加州欧文户外游泳池周六的比赛中以23.49秒的成绩打破纪录[1]，超越了队友格雷琴·沃尔什在2024年6月罗马国际比赛中创造的23.55秒纪录[1]。这是道格拉斯第二次刷新该项目世界纪录，她首次创造该项目世界纪录是在2024年6月19日，当时的成绩为23.59秒[1]。
道格拉斯是五次奥运奖牌得主[1]。前世界纪录保持者沃尔什在同场预赛中以23.78秒的成绩完成比赛[1]。
American swimmer Kate Douglass established a new world record in the women's 50-meter freestyle at the Pan Pacific Championships preliminaries on Saturday, touching the wall at 23.49 seconds [1]. The performance at the outdoor pool in Irvine, California, surpassed the previous world mark of 23.55 seconds, which had been set by her teammate Gretchen Walsh at an international competition in Rome in June [1].
This represents the second time Douglass has reset the world record in this event [1]. She first claimed the title on June 19, 2024, with a time of 23.59 seconds [1], before Walsh bettered that mark weeks later. The 24-year-old five-time Olympic medalist's latest achievement replaces Walsh's brief reign atop the event, with Walsh also competing in Saturday's preliminaries and posting a time of 23.78 seconds [1].