Walsh dedicates relay world record to disqualified sister


For my sister: Gretchen Walsh competing in the mixed 4x100m medley relay final. Gretchen dedicated her gold medal to her sister Alex (insert) who was disqualified in the 200m individual medley. — AFP

AMERICAN swimmer Gretchen Walsh said she was devastated when she heard her sister Alex had been disqualified in the 200m individual medley, dedicating her United States gold in the mixed 4x100m medley relay to her elder sibling.

Alex, the 2021 silver medallist, had touched the wall third in her event behind Canada’s Summer McIntosh and American compatriot Kate Douglass.

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