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PARIS — Torri Huske chased down fellow American Gretchen Walsh to win the women’s 100-meter butterfly here at the 2024 Olympics on Sunday by a margin of 0.04 seconds.
Huske, seeded second, beat Walsh, the event’s world record holder, with a time of 55.59, to Walsh’s 55.63.
Huske, who missed out on a medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics by 0.01 seconds, closed with a monstrous final 25 meters to beat Walsh, and win Team USA’s first individual gold medal at the 2024 Games.
Walsh settled for silver. But she didn’t let any disappointment take away from the moment. The two U.S. teammates walked off the pool deck arm in arm, waving to the crowd, atop the world.
Zhang Yufei took bronze (56.21).