Gretchen Walsh lowers 100m butterfly world record to 54.33 seconds
American swimmer Gretchen Walsh set a new women's 100-metre butterfly world record of 54.33 seconds at the Fort Lauderdale Open in Florida. She improved her own previous record of 54.60 seconds by 0.27 seconds. Walsh has now broken this record multiple times within the past year.
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2 outlets covered it, splitting into 2 framing camps across 2 bias groups.
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Al Jazeera states Walsh broke the record for the fourth time; Reuters reports third time in a year. The discrepancy hinges on whether prior records outside the one-year window are counted.
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“Gretchen Walsh lowers own 100m butterfly world record for fourth time”
“American Walsh improves own 100m butterfly world record for third time in a year”
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