2 American Teenagers Qualify for Olympics in 100m Butterfly, Push World Record
On 6/14/21 at 8:31 PM EDT
Night two of the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for swimming started with a blazingly-fast race in the finals for the women s 100-meter butterfly. The two teenagers didn t just qualify for Team USA, but they threatened a world record by an iconic swimmer in the process.
Torri Huske,18, won the final on Monday night in Omaha, Nebraska, with a time of 55.66 seconds, which is just barely off the world record of Sweden s Sarah Sjostrom s mark of 55.48 set at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics.
Claire Curzan, 16, touched second Monday night with a time of 56.43, edging out Kate Douglass (56.56) and Kelsi Dahlia (56.80).
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