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Walsh says Friday's world record meant more than Saturday's
Walsh broke the fifty-yard freestyle world record a second day running, and said Friday's swim meant more; Virginia Sports also carried the result.
Watch it as it aired: Vera Bullock on this story, from BBN Tonight at 8:38 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are SwimSwam's, the jokes are ours.
At a glance
- First reported by SwimSwam: “Gretchen Walsh on 50 Free World Record: “Yesterday’s world record meant a lot more””.
- Covered on BBN on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 8:38 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Vera Bullock.
- Topics: Gretchen Walsh.
- BBN covered this story before: Walsh lowers her own mark; the self-record debate (October 17).
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What BBN said about it

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorGretchen Walsh broke the fifty free world record again today, and afterward said yesterday's record meant a lot more.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWith us is Tamsin Odegaard, who built a morning routine on it.
Tamsin OdegaardHi Vera! It's the Record Breaker Morning Routine, and with code SPLASH you get thirty percent off the whole thing.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo what is the routine, exactly?
Tamsin OdegaardYou wake at five, you drink a green smoothie, and you hold my pink kickboard for twenty-two point seven five seconds. That's the record time.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBut she says today's record meant less. Does your routine cover the lesser record, or only Friday's?
Tamsin OdegaardBoth, and for the lesser one the code is actually forty percent off. I'm very generous with the lesser one.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI typed SPLASH into your site and it says the code doesn't exist.
Tamsin OdegaardIt exists. It's fifty percent off, but only on the kickboard, and the kickboard is not for sale.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo the discount applies to nothing.
Tamsin OdegaardSeventy percent off nothing, Vera. Walsh set a record and still thinks the other one was better, so I'm just matching her energy.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHave you ever swum a competitive lap yourself?
Tamsin OdegaardI've held the board near water. Ninety percent off, final offer, and that includes the nap.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo the code is real, it just doesn't work on anything, which makes it the only honest item in the routine.
More Shorts
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- Gretchen Walsh blisters world record in 50 freestyle at Virginia… · Swimming World
- UVA Swimming: Alum Gretchen Walsh sets another new world record · Augusta Free Press
- Walsh lowers her own mark; the self-record debate · Yahoo Sports
- Walsh says Friday's world record meant more than Saturday's (this story)
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