2026 Pro Swim Series – Indianapolis
- June 17-20, 2026
- Indianapolis, IN
- LCM (50 meters)
- Meet Central
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results
- Live Stream: USA Swimming Network (Downloadable App)
- Live Recap:
Video captured by Anya Pelshaw.
Kate Douglass shocked just about everyone tonight: Swim fans, her competition, her coach, even herself. In the final of the women’s 50 free, she executed her race plan just about perfectly and touched at 23.59, breaking Sarah Sjostrom’s 3-year-old world record and 9-year strangle-hold on the title of fastest woman ever. After the race, KD expressed her shock, saying this isn’t something she ever planned on, let alone at a pro swim in Indianapolis.
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Can you imagine breaking the world record and being like “lol I just did that for fun I wasn’t planning on focusing on that race” 😭 she’s the best
Kate is always on watch when she has 1 event in the day’s lineup. As she noted, it’s rare especially at a big meet.
Kate: Whoops, I accidentally broke the world record in the 50 free. Sorry.
Aussie sprinting aint good right now…sorry but big red, meg flop and doper split aint frightening
She will win 7 medals in LA and be the darling of that olympics
She’s the first American woman to hold the 50 free WR since Dara Torres way back in July of 1984 (which, at the time, was 25.61). The 8 WR holders who followed Torres were, chronologically, from Romania, China, China again, the Netherlands, the Netherlands again, Australia, Germany, and Sweden.
Back in 1984, I don’t think the 50 free was counted among the official world records. So, back then, they used to refer to it as “world’s best”.
Makes me wonder why she decided not to race the 50 in Paris even though I felt like she was pretty much a lock for the podium
Makes me wonder why the aussies even bother…like rando 13 yo Imogen Ryan and Poppy Jones aint gonna save them
weren’t the 50 and 2IM back-to-back in Paris