{
  "id": 1093966,
  "title": "Kate Douglass reclaims world record in 50m freestyle",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/kate-douglass-reclaims-world-record-in-50m-freestyle",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-15T18:22:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/kate-douglass-reclaims-world-record-182254158.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "American swimmer Kate Douglass reclaimed the world record in the 50m freestyle at the Pan Pacific Championships, clocking 23.49 seconds in the preliminary heats on Saturday. This marks a significant improvement from her previous record of 23.59, which she held for nine days before being broken by her training partner, Gretchen Walsh, with a time of 23.55. Douglass, who also holds the Olympic 200m breaststroke gold medal, demonstrated her versatility by leading off the U.S. 4x100m free relay at the Pan Pacs, swimming the second-fastest 100m free in history just .01 seconds off the world record set by Dutchwoman Marrit Steenbergen.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}