Gretchen Walsh, Kate Douglass, Paige Madden and other Olympic swimmer throw first pitch in game between Washington Nationals & Philadelphia Phillies

The Olympic swimmers such as Gretchen Walsh, Kate Douglass, Paige Madden, and others appeared in the MLB game between the Washington Nationals and Philadelphia Phillies. Here, the swimmers were honored as they were called to throw the first pitch of the game.

The swimmers recently concluded their Paris Olympics campaign with dominant victories in their respective events. Walsh won a total of four medals at the 2024 Summer Games, of which two were gold, which she nabbed in the 4x100m medley relay and mixed 4x100m medley relay. She won the silver medals in the 100m butterfly and 4x100m freestyle relay.

Douglass also clinched four medals at the Paris Olympics, of which two were gold, which she won in the women's 4x100m medley relay and women's 200m breaststroke. She posted a time of 2:19.24 in the latter event, trouncing Tatjana Smith and Tes Schouten. The American won the silver medals in the 200m individual medley and 4x100m freestyle relay events.

Days after their exploits in Paris, the Olympic swimmers, namely Walsh, Douglass, Madden, Alex Walsh, and Emma Weber, attended the MLB game between the Washington Nationals and Philadelphia Phillies to throw the first pitch for the Nationals. The game witnessed the Phillies dominate the Nationals with a score of 6-3.

The Nationals took to their official Instagram account, expressing elation about the presence of the swimmers at the game. The carousel of pictures contained snippets of swimmers' time on the field. Further, it also had pictures of them posing with their Olympic medals, and the videos carried glimpses of them making the throw for the Nationals. The post's caption read:

"Thank you kate and paige and gretchen and alex and emma and all of your MEDALS!!"

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"I'm on cloud nine"- Gretchen Walsh shares her feeling after winning four medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics

Gretchen Walsh reflected upon winning four medals at the Paris Olympics in a recent interview with Olympics.com. She exuded pride in herself for making two world records and nabbing the medals in her maiden Olympic Games.

"I'm on cloud nine," said Gretchen Walsh. "To come away with four medals, two world records at my first-ever Olympics, I feel like that's things people dream of, so I'm really proud."

Along with this, Walsh also spoke about experiencing the Olympic stage for the first time. She revealed that she learned some things from her sister Alex Walsh during the Olympics and lauded the village, calling it a "great experience."

"I didn't really know what to expect going in. I feel like I tried to learn a little bit from my sister Alex, but Tokyo was so different and so getting to experience it together with her kind of felt like both of our own first Olympics in a way. The Village was great. Seeing all athletes from everywhere around the world, I had a really great experience there. It felt like home."

Gretchen Walsh also competed in the women's 50m freestyle, where she secured fourth place by posting 24.21s. She lost to Sarah Sjostrom, who claimed first place by clocking 23.71s.