American clocks 23.49sec in Pan Pacs heats
Douglass reclaims record from teammate Walsh
Pair to meet again in Saturday night’s final
Kate Douglass shattered the women’s 50m freestyle world record on Saturday, clocking 23.49sec in the heats at the Pan Pacific Championships to set a tantalizing showdown with former record-holder Gretchen Walsh.
Douglass improved on the world mark of 23.55sec that fellow-American Walsh set on 28 June at the Sette Colli Trophy in Rome.