Meanwhile, Chinas Zhang Yufei earned the bronze medal with a time of 56.21 seconds.
Seeing that was very surreal.
I didnt know how to process it, Torrisaidafter her victory.
Its just very overwhelming when youve been training for this moment for so long, she added.
It was a really warming gesture that they invited me on the podium, Zhang later said.
But Torri beat the record-holder to take home the gold in the finals.
I dont really remember my race that much, said the freshly crowned queen of the Womens 100m Butterfly.
Meanwhile, Gretchen admitted after the race that she was nervous in the lead-up to the event.
There was a lot of pressure on me, just having done theOlympicrecord last night, she said.
I just wanted to execute the race as best as I could.
It was definitely a fight to the finish, and seeing the one-two up there was amazing.
I left it all out there in the pool, Gretchen said.
Torri also touched upon the poignant moment she shared on the podium with Gretchen.
It was just really cool to be up there with her.
I feel it was a bit slow.
But I was quite happy about the bronze medal, the satisfied Chinese swimmer said after the race.
Earlier in the training I got quite a good score.
I feel at least with the first half of the race I performed good.
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