Olympic Gold For Arlington Swimmer Torri Huske In 100-Meter Butterfly

NANTERRE, FRANCE — Torri Huske of Arlington grabbed Olympic gold Sunday night in the women's 100-meter butterfly, edging out teammate Gretchen Walsh, who won the silver, according to news reports.

Although Huske finished second behind Walsh in the Olympic trials last month, she touched the wall with a time of 55.59 seconds on Sunday. That was .04 seconds faster than Walsh's time of 55.63, according to the Associated Press. Walsh is the current world-record holder in the event.

“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’t even know how to process it,” Huske said, according to AP. “It’s just very overwhelming when you’ve been dreaming of this moment for so long.”

Zhang Yufei of China finished third in Sunday night's final, her second of the 2024 Olympic Games. She was a member of China's 4x100-meter freestyle relay team, which finished third on Saturday night.

Huske picked up her first medal of the 2024 Games in that same final, as a member of Team USA's women's 4x100-meter freestyle relay team, which snagged the silver. Australia grabbed the gold medal in the event with an Olympic record time of 3:28.92.

The two medals Huske won over the weekend are the second and third she's taken home as an Olympic athlete. She previously won a silver in the 2020 Tokyo Games.

Before 21-year-old Huske was a member of Stanford University's swimming team, she competed as a member of the Arlington Aquatic Club.

Congratulations to Arlington’s Torri Huske on winning gold in the women’s 100m fly!

We’re so proud of you! https://t.co/c0QqsAURBG
— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) July 28, 2024

The Associated Press contributed to the reporting of this story.