Nanterre, France – July 28: Gold Medalist Torri Huske (L) and Silver Medalist Gretchen Walsh (R) of Team United States posed following the Swimming medal ceremony after the Women’s 100m Butterfly Final on day two of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on July 28, 2024 in Nanterre, France. Swimming has always been a highly anticipated sport to watch due to the record-breaking times achieved by past Olympians. The four strokes of Olympic swimming events—for both individual and relay races—are breaststroke, butterfly, backstroke, and front crawl. The front crawl is predominantly used in freestyle races, and as a result, the term freestyle is often used as a synonym for front crawl.

During this event, both men and women made their way to the top three in several rounds. The first-place winner was timed at 55.59 seconds, while second place followed closely at 55.63 seconds. After winning Olympic gold in the women’s 100m fly, Torri Huske invited her teammate Gretchen Walsh, who got silver, on top of the podium for the U.S. national anthem. She expressed her disbelief after the race, saying, “I feel like I’m in shock right now…I don’t even know how to process it, I feel like I’m going to cry, but I’m also smiling.

It’s really surreal. Like you said, I just missed the podium last time by a hundredth, so I’m so thankful to be here and to do it with Gretchen is just amazing.”

The men also had their moment to shine.