67th SETTE COLLI TROPHY
- Friday, June 26th – Sunday, June 28th
- Prelims at 9am local (3am ET)/A-Finals at 7pm local (1pm ET)
- Foro Italico, Rome, Italy
- SwimSwam Preview
- Entry List
- Prelims Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3
- Finals Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3
- Live Results
- Prelims Livestream
- Finals Livestream
WOMEN’S 50 FREE – FINAL
World Record – 23.59, Kate Douglass (USA), 2026- World Junior Record – 24.17, Claire Curzan (USA), 2021
- European Record – 23.61, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 2023
- European Junior Record – 24.56, Sara Curtis (ITA), 2024
Italian Record – 24.29, Sara Curtis, 2026Meet Record – 23.75, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 2024
GOLD – Gretchen Walsh (USA), 23.55 *World Record*
SILVER – Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 23.86
BRONZE – Sara Curtis (ITA), 24.09 *Italian Record*
Gretchen Walsh has set a new World Record in the 50 freestyle, touching in a 23.55 in Rome. That breaks the previous record of a 23.59 set just nine days ago by Kate Douglass at the Indianapolis Pro Series stop.
Walsh touched a 23.78 for 2nd behind Douglass in the 50 free nine days ago in Indianapolis, which was a new lifetime best by 0.13 seconds as Walsh entered June with a lifetime best and a share of the American Record with Douglass as the two had previous best times of a 23.91.
The two are training partners at Virginia, and Douglass’ reaction to Walsh breaking her record was “was fun while it lasted 🤝 @gretchwalsh2” on her Instagram story.
All-Time Top Performances, Women’s LCM 50 Free
- Gretchen Walsh, 23.55, 2026
- Kate Douglass, 23.59, 2026
- Sarah Sjostrom, 23.61, 2023
- Sarah Sjostrom, 23.62, 2023
- Sarah Sjostrom, 23.66, 2024
- Sarah Sjostrom, 23.67, 2017
Coming into June, both Douglass and Walsh’s old American Record of a 23.91 sat outside of the top 25 performances all-time. The two now sit as the fastest in the event ever with Walsh’s new record today sitting at the top of history.
The 50 free marks Walsh’s 2nd individual LCM World Record as she also holds the record in the 100 fly with a 54.33. She also is a member of the USA women’s 4×100 medley relay that holds the World Record.
With Walsh’s World Record, it also marks the 100th time that swimmers training out of Virginia have broken an American Record in the last five seasons.
Kate Douglass is probably disappointed she no longer has the 50fr world record as an excuse to not swim the 200 IM
Wow Sarah wasn’t that far from Gretchen, so soon after her come-back…
I wouldn’t expect her to not take it back at some point !
Damn it this is the third world record in the last week I’ve missed!
Wow that’s an incredible performance.
I feel like there’s something different going on with swimmers now right? Specifically with the women, it seems like they don’t need a full taper all the time to be this fast, or maybe they’re constantly doing drop-tapers?
Back in the day swimmers swam like trash in season and peaked once or twice a year.
I think sprinters aren’t doing as much aerobic work and the women don’t get as sore as the guys
US Women’s sprint free depth is unreal right now. Gretchen and Kate on top, Torri, Anna, Rylee, Simone, Liberty……. and many more to come!
She did WHAT????? This is one of those headlines I had to reread 5x…..
Kate’s insta comment is so funny though 😆😭
Ohh it’s hilarious… she should do stand up
3 Female LCM WRs in a week…
What scares me is that Summer McIntosh has Canadian Trials next week
Excited to watch Summer crumble under the weight of all that overtraining!
Predictions for nationals or pan pacs
Gretchen breaks 50 fly WR and re breaks the 100 fly or 50 free WR
You can see elite swimmer future entries (e.g., panpacs/olympics) change by the week this Summer! Wow.
Where can I find what summer is swimming at trials?
She’s doing the 2 fly, 2 IM, 4 IM and 400 free.