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American, Torri Huske (19) narrowly missed out on a world record in the women’s 100m butterfly at the swimming world championships in Budapest on Sunday, while her compatriot and seven-time Olympic champion Caeleb Dressel won the 50m butterfly.
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Huske was ahead of the world record time in the final 50m but eventually finished with a time of 55.64 seconds – just 0.16 seconds shy.
The 19-year-old finished half a second ahead of France’s Marie Wattel who took silver while China’s Zhang Yufei took the bronze.