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Photos: Arlington crowds deliver hero’s welcome to Olympic gold medalist Torri Huske

Published August 26, 2024 at 9:40AM | Updated August 26, 2024 at 1:52PM

Torri Huske arrives at a welcome home ceremony (staff photo by Dan Egitto)

Crowds of cheering supporters thronged Long Bridge Aquatics & Fitness Center on Sunday to celebrate the triumphant return of Olympic gold medalist Torri Huske.

“This Olympics was such an amazing experience,” said Huske, who returned home to Arlington from Paris with three gold medals and two silver medals in swimming events. “It was such an honor representing not only my country, but all of you. And I wanted to let you know that as much as this medal, or all of these medals, are mine, a little piece of it also belongs to you guys — because Arlington helped make me the person I am today.”

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Welcome home ceremony for Arlington Olympian Torri Huske happening this weekend

By Dan Egitto

Published August 21, 2024 at 1:30PM

Arlington's Torri Huske winning gold in the 100 meter butterfly in Paris (via NBC)

A welcome home ceremony for Olympic gold medalist and Arlington native Torri Huske is happening at the Long Bridge Aquatics & Fitness Center on Sunday.

Returning to her hometown after a record-setting performance at the Paris Olympic Games — where she won three gold medals and two silver medals in swimming events — Huske will deliver brief remarks and offer autographs and photos for swim fans under 18.

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NEW: Huske golden again in world record relay swim

By ARLnow.com

Published August 4, 2024 at 3:55PM | Updated August 4, 2024 at 5:25PM

Torri Huske and Team USA win gold in the women's 4x100m medley relay (via NBC)

Arlington’s Torri Huske will be coming home from Paris with five Olympic medals, after a world record performance in the pool Sunday.

Huske and her fellow women’s 4x100m medley relay final teammates — Regan Smith, Lilly King and Gretchen Walsh — captured gold and set a new world record, all while besting second place Australia by a full 3.5 seconds.

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BREAKING: Another gold for Torri Huske in Paris

By ARLnow.com

Published August 3, 2024 at 4:25PM | Updated August 3, 2024 at 6:53PM

Torri Huske helps Team USA win gold in the mixed 4x100m medley relay (via NBC)

Arlington’s Torri Huske just helped the U.S. capture gold in the mixed 4x100m medley relay.

It’s Huske’s second gold and fourth medal in Paris. She appeared exhausted after her freestyle swim in the last leg of the relay, narrowly hanging on to edge the Chinese relay team by 0.12 seconds.

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JUST IN: Another Olympic medal for Arlington swimmer Torri Huske

By ARLnow.com

Published July 31, 2024 at 3:25PM | Updated July 31, 2024 at 11:10PM

Arlington swimmer Torri Huske leads the field near the end of the 100m freestyle final on July 31, 2024 (via NBC/Twitter)

Three days after winning gold in Paris, Arlington’s Torri Huske has her third Olympic medal of the 2024 games.

Huske captured silver in the women’s 100m freestyle this afternoon. She led the field near the end but was edged out at the wall by Swedish swimmer Sarah Sjoestroem by 0.07 seconds.

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BREAKING: Arlington’s Torri Huske wins gold in Paris

By ARLnow.com

Published July 28, 2024 at 3:05PM

Arlington's Torri Huske winning gold in the 100 meter butterfly in Paris (via NBC)

Yorktown High School grad Torri Huske is an Olympic champion in Paris.

The Arlingtonian edged fellow American Gretchen Walsh by 0.04 seconds to finish at 55.59 seconds and win gold in her signature 100-meter butterfly event. Three years ago, in Tokyo, Huske narrowly missed the podium in the same event by 0.01 seconds.

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Morning Notes

By ARLnow.com

Published August 17, 2021 at 5:00AM

Opening Date Set for Aquatics Center — The new Long Bridge Park Aquatics and Fitness Center will open on Monday, Aug. 23, the Arlington Dept. of Parks and Recreation announced yesterday. [Twitter]

Local Org Resettling Afghan Refugees — “Besides Lutheran Social Services, the [Arlington-based] Ethiopian Community Development Council, the International Rescue Committee, and Catholic Charities do a lot of work to resettle Afghan [Special Immigrant Visa] holders in this area. Christy McCaw of African Community Center DC Metro, the ECDC’s resettlement branch, says her organization needs leads on apartments that will rent to newcomers without proof of income.” [Washingtonian]

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Arlington Olympian Torri Huske and Her Coaches Reflect on Tokyo Games

By Jo DeVoe

Published August 12, 2021 at 11:00AM | Updated August 12, 2021 at 11:25AM

Torri Huske with her Arlington Aquatic Club coach, Evan Stiles (courtesy of Torri Huske)

Though she has been a lifelong swimmer, Torri Huske never dreamed as a kid that she would go to the Olympics.

In fact, she doesn’t even remember the race when she first made an Olympic trials-qualifying time three years ago.

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Morning Notes

By ARLnow.com

Published August 6, 2021 at 7:30AM | Updated August 6, 2021 at 9:14AM

The Crystal City and Pentagon City skyline (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Mistargeted Alert Wakes Up Arlingtonians — Numerous Arlington residents from around the county erroneously received an emergency phone alert about a boil water advisory in Northeast D.C. around 2 a.m. Thursday morning. [Twitter]

Huske Talks About Olympic Experience — “By coming so close to winning an individual medal, then earning a second-place silver on a relay team, Torri Huske’s rated her recent swimming experience at the Summer Olympic Games as a success for the 2021 Yorktown High School graduate. ‘It was all a really good learning experience, and I took a lot away from the Games, like needing to work on the little things,’ Huske said. ‘The swimming was different that anything I had been to before because it was spread out over nine or 10 days. I’m very thankful for what I got to do.'” [Sun Gazette]

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Torri Huske Given Hero’s Welcome Upon Return to Arlington

By Jo DeVoe

Published August 3, 2021 at 3:55PM | Updated August 4, 2021 at 2:22PM

Arlington Olympian Torri Huske greeted by friends, family and supporters at Glebe Elementary (photo courtesy Elaine Dudley)

Last night Olympic swimmer and Arlingtonian Torri Huske was greeted at Dulles International Airport by 40 friends and family members.

The 18-year-old Yorktown High School grad flew back from Tokyo Olympics after competing in three swimming contests, earning a silver medal in one event, as part of the U.S. women’s 4×100 medley relay team, and narrowly missing the podium in the individual 100-meter butterfly race.

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Arlington’s Torri Huske Wins Silver in Relay

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Published August 1, 2021 at 12:10AM | Updated August 1, 2021 at 8:07AM

Arlington's Torri Huske swims in the women's 4x100m medley relay (via NBC)

After heartbreak in a race last weekend, Arlington swimming phenom Torri Huske will be coming home with some Olympic hardware after all.

Huske was part of the U.S. women’s 4×100 medley relay team that won silver in a race that was televised nationally Saturday night.

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Olympic Heartbreak for Huske in Tokyo

By ARLnow.com

Published July 26, 2021 at 9:00AM

Yorktown High School grad Torri Huske appeared poised for victory in the 100-meter butterfly last night in Tokyo, but ended up just off the Olympic podium by a tiny fraction of a second.

The 18-year-old was out in front by a head down the stretch, but ended up finishing at 55.73 seconds, 0.01 seconds away from the bronze medal and just 0.14 seconds after the gold medal time.