"Life is better since I found u"- Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh, Claire Weinstein & other swimmers react to best moments of Regan Smith's year 

Regan Smith shared highlights from her successful 2024 season this week, offering fans a glimpse into her professional and personal life. Her post garnered responses from several elite swimmers. The 22-year-old had an extraordinary year, highlighted by achievements at the Paris Games and World Aquatics championships.

At the Paris Games, Smith secured five medals. She won gold in the women's 4x100m medley relay and the mixed 4x100m medley relay, and silvers in the 100m backstroke, 200m backstroke, and 200m butterfly. She was part of the team that set a new world record in the 4x100m medley relay.

This week, the Olympic champion took to Instagram to share her reflections on an unforgettable year, marking both her athletic success and personal moments. She captioned the post:

"Leave it better than you found it: 2024 edition"

Following this, many elite swimmers, including Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh, and Claire Weinstein, responded to her post.

Olivia Smoliga reacted with three emojis:

"❤️🥹❤️✨"

Kate Douglass shared heartfelt words about their friendship:

" I always leave you better than I found you"

Here are other swimmers' reactions:

"Life is better since I found u," Claire Weinstein commented.

"❤️❤️❤️" wrote Torri Huske.

"My gorg baby angel lovey darling," said Katie Grimes.

Swimmers reactions to Regan Smith's Instagram post/ Source: Instagram @regansmith4

Regan Smith also competed in the 2024 Swimming World Cup in Singapore, finishing second in the overall standings. At the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships in Budapest, she earned seven medals, four golds, two silver, and one bronze. Additionally, she set personal bests in four events.

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Regan Smith opens up on her swimming mindset

Regan Smith at Swimming - Olympic Games Paris 2024: Day 7 - Source: Getty

After an outstanding performance at the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships in Budapest, Regan Smith reflected on her final competitive appearance of the year in December.

The swimming champion spoke about her mindset going into the meet. She said (via SwimSwam),

"This is my last meet of 2024, and I haven't been training terribly seriously since Paris, so I wanted to come into this meet and detach myself from the results so whether I did amazing at this meet or whether I did not so amazing, I wanted to feel the same way about it" (0:06).

Regan Smith also spoke about her desire to continue swimming because she loves the sport, aiming to stay until she turns 30.