Bizarre: Regan Smith swims and swears her way into the record books!

22 year-old swimmer Regan Smith had an eventful evening on June 18 at the United States Olympic swimming trials in Indianapolis, Indiana. She accomplished something that no other swimmer in history has done, and was so pumped up about the achievement that she said something that has the athletic community buzzing.

Smith put forth a special performance during the final of the women’s 100-meter backstroke, finishing the race at an astounding 57.13 seconds. This was good enough to reclaim the world record she once had, but lost three years ago to Australia’s Kaylee McKeown.

Her victory also solidified her spot as part of the United States women’s Olympic swim team. This will be the second time that Regan Smith will represent her country at the Olympic Games. However, that’s not what many people are talking about.

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Immediately after finishing her swim and looking up at the time on the scoreboard, Smith realized that she had reclaimed the world record. She immediately yelled out a four-letter curse word before saying “yeah!” emphatically.

Regan Smith told the Washington Post “Just like, expletive yeah. Long time coming. I was psyched out of my mind. There were many years that went by where I thought I would never do that again. I’m really, really happy I finally started to believe in myself.”

While some believe that Smith was right to celebrate with an emphatic swear word, others think that her reaction was unbecoming of someone who will represent the United States in the Olympics.

Essentially Sports looked at both sides of what has become a controversial issue. A supporter of Smith’s use of profanity in that situation said, “Good grief just stop with the petty, holier than thou attitudes. A world record by an adult in an adult setting. Just stop.”

However, a group of swim coaches believe that disqualification should have been considered or even levied against Smith after her victory because of her reaction. Swimming play by play commentator Kyle Sockwell communicated that a faction of people felt this way in a social media post, and denounced it himself.

NBC Sports’ website has released a piece detailing the rules for Olympic swim meets, none of which include anything about legislating reactions after a victory. It seems like Regan Smith would be within her rights to react the same way in Paris if she was excited about an accomplishment in the pool.

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Regan Smith will participate in both backstroke events for the United States in the 2024 Olympics, according to NBC Sports. She told Kare 11’s website, “Yeah it would mean a lot (to win a gold medal). I had two silvers and a bronze, and so I’ve hit two out of three, and so I’d love to complete my collection I suppose you could say.”