{"id":2315378,"date":"2024-07-29T10:46:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T14:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-swimmers-unite-for-patriotic-moment-after-winning-gold-and-silver\/"},"modified":"2024-07-29T10:48:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T14:48:25","slug":"american-swimmers-unite-for-patriotic-moment-after-winning-gold-and-silver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-swimmers-unite-for-patriotic-moment-after-winning-gold-and-silver\/","title":{"rendered":"American Swimmers Unite for Patriotic Moment After Winning Gold and Silver"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Famerican-swimmers-unite-for-patriotic-moment-after-winning-gold-and-silver%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2315378&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent\u200c Olympic event, American swimmer Torri Huske\u2063 triumphed by winning the gold medal\u200b in the women&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tokyo-olympics-here-are-the-winnersand-the-losers\/\" title=\"Tokyo Olympics: Here Are The Winners\u2026And The Losers\">100m butterfly<\/a>, a \u200dremarkable comeback after narrowly missing \u200da\u2062 medal at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics. This victory was particularly \u200bspecial, as \u200dshe\u200d shared the \u2063podium with her teammate,\u2062 Gretchen Walsh, who secured\u2062 silver. The\u200d two swimmers celebrated\u200b their \u2062achievements together, \u2063even singing the\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-womens-soccer-team-kneels-for-anthem-wears-black-lives-matter\/\" title=\"US Women&#039;s Soccer Team Kneels for Anthem, Wears &#039;Black Lives Matter&#039;\">national anthem<\/a>\u2064 side \u2064by side. Huske expressed feelings\u2062 of disbelief \u2062and overwhelming joy during\u200b the ceremony, highlighting \u2062the\u200c emotional journey leading up to \u200cher win\u2063 and reflecting \u200bon past \u200dexperiences that motivated\u200b her\u200b throughout the \u2062competition. The event was historic, marking the\u200b first time since 1964 that American women claimed the gold and silver in this event. \u200cMeanwhile, \u2062Chinese swimmer \u2063Zhang Yufei finished\u2063 third \u200camidst recent controversies surrounding doping. Huske&#8217;s victory \u200bsignifies \u2063a\u2064 significant milestone\u2063 in her career \u200band for American\u2062 swimming.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section>\n<p>America won in the pool. And it won again on the medal stand.<\/p>\n<p>Torri Huske, who missed a medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics by .01 seconds, won the 100m women&rsquo;s butterfly Sunday, then showed the world what world-class really means, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/olympics\/swimmer-torri-huske-emotional-quote-beating-gretchen-walsh-gold\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sports Illustrated<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Huske brought teammate and silver medalist Gretchen Walsh, who finished .04 seconds behind Huske, to the top step of the podium for the national anthem.<\/p>\n<p>Video <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NBCOlympics\/status\/1817758135752527878\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted to X<\/a> shows Huske, at first still reeling from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/global-medical-symposium-spotlights-new-beauty-concepts-in-middletown\/\" title=\"Middletown hosts global symposium on innovative beauty concepts.\">emotional aspects<\/a> of her win, join in the anthem as she drank in that she had won a gold medal, a smile growing as the anthem neared its close. Walsh also sang as the &ldquo;Star Spangled Banner&rdquo; progressed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is what it&rsquo;s about! &#128079;<\/p>\n<p>After winning Olympic gold in the women&rsquo;s 100m fly, Torri Huske invited her teammate Gretchen Walsh, who got silver, on top of the podium for the U.S. national anthem. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ParisOlympics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ParisOlympics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HVfqznWjp7\">pic.twitter.com\/HVfqznWjp7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBC Olympics &amp; Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCOlympics\/status\/1817758135752527878?\">July 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is what it&rsquo;s about!&rdquo; the official NBC Olympics &amp; Paralympics X account noted of the celebration.<\/p>\n<p>After the ceremony, Huske and Walsh draped themselves in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/espn-writer-disturbed-american-flags-olympics-cites-rise-white-nationalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American flag<\/a> and walked around the pool in celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Huske and Walsh are the first American women to win a gold and silver in that event since 1964, when the winners were Mary Meagher and Jenna Johnson, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamusa.com\/news\/2024\/july\/28\/torri-huske-and-gretchen-walsh--the-podium-in-paris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Team USA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Honestly I don&rsquo;t remember my race that much. My first 50 felt really good and then I&rsquo;ve been working on my second 50 a lot, especially after last year,&rdquo; Huske said. &ldquo;I had kind of a weak finish and I kind of died in my race. And last Olympics, also, I lost it all in the last 50.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">THE AMERICANS FINISH 1-2. &#127482;&#127480;<\/p>\n<p>Torri Huske wins gold and Gretchen Walsh grabs silver in the women&rsquo;s 100m fly. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ParisOlympics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ParisOlympics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wFPQUF5ARC\">pic.twitter.com\/wFPQUF5ARC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBC Olympics &amp; Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCOlympics\/status\/1817634305927200833?\">July 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You never really know for sure and I first saw the light by the block and seeing that it was just very surreal, I didn&rsquo;t even know how to process it,&rdquo; Huske said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s just very overwhelming when you&rsquo;ve been dreaming of this moment for so long.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Chinese swimmer Zhang Yufei, who was among the athletes tinged by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/olympics-scandal-explodes-anti-doping-agency-admits-23-chinese-swimmers-tested-positive-banned-substance-never-punished\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-the-kentucky-derby-winner-was-caught-cheating-what-happens-to-all-the-gambling-winnings\/\" title=\"After The Kentucky Derby Winner Was Caught Cheating, What Happens To All The Gambling Winnings?\">doping scandal<\/a><\/a> after competing in Tokyo despite the presence of a banned substance, finished third.<\/p>\n<p>Huske said her 2021 loss was both devastating and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/harrison-butker-quotes-scripture-stand-olympics-unabashed-pagan-ceremonies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">motivating<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know why, but I think I was a little bit naive last time going into it,&rdquo; she said of her first Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Like: &lsquo;I&rsquo;m on Team USA; Team USA always medals. I will get a medal. I will get my hand on that wall, and I will be on that podium.&rsquo; It&rsquo;s a lot tougher than that,&rdquo; she said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/olympics\/2024\/07\/28\/torri-huske-gold-medal-paris-olympics-100-butterfly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Huske, 21, is a native of Arlington, Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I felt like I was hyperventilating a little bit maybe,&rdquo; Huske said of the race.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I felt like my body had a reaction. I couldn&rsquo;t control anything that was going on it. 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Torri Huske, who narrowly missed out on a medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics by just .01 seconds, claimed victory in the women&#8217;s 100m butterfly event on Sunday. According to Sports Illustrated, she demonstrated what it means to be world-class. Huske invited her teammate Gretchen Walsh, who secured silver just .04 seconds behind her, to join her on the top step of the podium for the national anthem. A video shared on X captures Huske initially overwhelmed by emotion as she celebrated her gold medal win, gradually smiling as they sang together during &#8220;The Star-Spangled Banner.&#8221; The NBC Olympics &amp; Paralympics account highlighted this moment of celebration with a post stating, \u201cThis is what it\u2019s about!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Following the ceremony, both athletes wrapped themselves in an American flag and paraded around the pool in joy. They became the first American women since 1964 to win gold and silver medals in this event\u2014Mary Meagher and Jenna Johnson were previous winners that year according to Team USA. Reflecting on her performance, Huske remarked that while she didn\u2019t remember much of her race clearly, she felt good during her first 50 meters but had focused heavily on improving her second half after struggling previously.<\/p>\n<p>Huske expressed disbelief when she saw herself winning: \u201cIt was very surreal; I didn\u2019t even know how to process it,\u201d adding that achieving this dream was overwhelming after so long. Chinese swimmer Zhang Yufei finished third amidst controversy from a doping scandal linked to last year&#8217;s Tokyo Games.<\/p>\n<p>Huske described how losing in 2021 was both heartbreaking and motivating for her: \u201cI think I was a little naive going into my first Olympics,\u201d believing that being part of Team USA would guarantee a medal\u2014a realization now tempered by experience. At just 21 years old and hailing from Arlington, Virginia, Huske noted feeling overwhelmed during the race itself: \u201cI felt like I was hyperventilating&#8230; everything happened so fast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/usa-usa-usa.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36514,34508,36515],"class_list":["post-2315378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-american-swimming","tag-gold-medal","tag-patriotic-moment"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/usa-usa-usa.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2315378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2315378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2315378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2315378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}