Read moreBudapest 2024, Day 2 Semifinals: Tang Qianting Misses 100m Breaststroke WR By 0.01; Gretchen Walsh With Second-Fastest 100 Free All-Time11 December 2024Budapest 2024, Day 2 Semifinals: Tang Qianting Misses 100m Breaststroke WR By 0.01; Gretchen Walsh With Second-Fastest 100 Free All-Time Tang Qianting of China was just 0.01 off the 100m breaststroke world record as she posted 1:02.37 in the semifinals of the short-course worlds in Budapest. The Oly...
Read moreBudapest 2024, Day 2 Finals: Neutral Athletes Set European Record in Mixed 200 Medley Relay11 December 2024Budapest 2024, Day 2 Finals: Neutral Athletes Set European Record in Mixed 200 Medley Relay The return to competition of athletes from Russia and Belarus showed its impact on Wednesday at the 2024 World Short-Course Championships, with the Neutral Athletes winning the mixed 200 medley relay to cap t...
Read moreBudapest 2024, Day 2 Finals: Lani Pallister Defends 800 Free Title In Championship Record11 December 2024Budapest 2024, Day 2 Finals: Lani Pallister Defends 800 Free Title In Championship Record Lani Pallister dominated throughout to defend her 800 world short-course title as she set a championship record of 8:01.95 in the fastest heat in Budapest. The Olympic 4x2 relay gold medallist went 0.95 inside ...
Read moreBudapest 2024, Day 2 Finals: Gretchen Walsh Caps Record Run with Gold in 50 Fly11 December 2024Budapest 2024, Day 2 Finals: Gretchen Walsh Caps Record Run with Gold in 50 Fly Gretchen Walsh packed a loaded meet into the first day of the 2024 Short-Course World Championships in Budapest Tuesday. Wednesday didn’t bring a fourth world record of the meet. But it did secure individual gold. Walsh ...
Read moreFLASH! Noè Ponti Blasts 50 Fly World Record In 21.32 En-Route To Gold11 December 2024FLASH! Noè Ponti Blasts 50 Fly World Record In 21.32 En-Route To Gold Noè Ponti lowered the 50 fly WR to 21.32 as he sliced 0.11 from his own standard as he became the first Swiss swimmer to claim a global title in the pool at the short-course worlds in Budapest. Out in 9.74 and back in 11.58, the 2...
Read moreBudapest 2024, Day 2 Finals: Miron Lifintsev Edges Hubert Kos To Take 100 Back Title In WJR11 December 2024Budapest 2024, Day 2 Finals: Miron Lifintsev Edges Hubert Kos To Take 100 Back Title In WJR Miron Lifintsev edged Hubert Kos by 0.03 to claim the 100 back title in a WJR of 48.76 at the short-course worlds in Budapest. Kos excelled through the rounds and went within 0.7 of the WR in the semis in 49....
Read moreBudapest 2024, Day 2 Finals: Regan Smith Swims Third-Fastest Time Ever For 100 Backstroke Gold11 December 2024Budapest 2024, Day 2 Finals: Regan Smith Swims Third-Fastest Time Ever For 100 Backstroke Gold For the past two years of long course international competitions, Regan Smith has performed admirably in the backstroke events, only to come out on the receiving end of Kaylee McKeown's continued winning i...
Read moreBudapest 2024, Day 2 Prelims: Jordan Crooks Rattles 100 Free World Record; Gretchen Walsh Back in Action11 December 2024Budapest 2024, Day 2 Prelims: Jordan Crooks Rattles 100 Free World Record Jordan Crooks rattled the 100 free world record in day two prelims at the World Short-Course Championships in Budapest. The Cayman Islands swimmer went joint-third all-time alongside Vlad Morozov in 44.95, a championship and A...
Read moreBudapest 2024, Day 1 Semifinals: Hubert Kos & Regan Smith Look Ominous Into 100 Back Finals10 December 2024Budapest 2024, Day 1 Semifinals: Hubert Kos & Regan Smith Look Ominous Into 100 Back Finals Hubert Kos went within 0.7 of Coleman Stewart's WR as he booked lane four for the final of the 100 back at short-course worlds in Budapest. The Hungarian, who was given a rousing welcome by the home crowd at ...
Read moreBudapest 2024, Day 1 Finals: Ahmed Jaouadi Heads 1500 Free Fastest Heat To Take Title; WJR For Kuzey Tuncelli10 December 2024Budapest 2024, Day 1 Finals: Ahmed Jaouadi Heads 1500 Free Fastest Heat To Take Title; WJR For Kuzey Tuncelli Ahmed Jaouadi clinched the men's 1500 free title after heading the fastest heat on day one of the short-course worlds in Budapest. The Tunisian came home in 14:16.40 to take the gold ahead o...
Read moreFLASH! USA Men's 4x100 Free Relay Take Down World Record In Budapest; CR For Jack Alexy On Lead-Off10 December 2024FLASH! USA Men's 4x100 Free Relay Take Down World Record; CR For Jack Alexy On Lead-Off The USA men's 4x100 free relay lowered Italy's WR as the first night of the short-course worlds ended in Budapest with six new global standards having been set. The quartet were inside the previous standard throu...
Read moreFLASH! USA Women's 4x100 Free Relay Crush Australia's WR In Budapest10 December 2024FLASH! USA Women's 4x100 Free Relay Crush Australia's WR In Budapest The USA women's 4x100 free relay took 0.42 off Australia's WR as the records kept tumbling at the short-course worlds in Budapest. The quartet of Kate Douglass, Katharine Berkoff, Alex Shackell and Gretchen Walsh were inside WR pa...
Read moreBudapest 2024, Day 1 Finals: Shaine Casas Lowers Ryan Lochte's Championship & American Records For 200IM Gold10 December 2024Budapest 2024, Day 1 Finals: Shaine Casas Lowers Ryan Lochte's Championship & American Records For 200IM Gold Shaine Casas posted the second-fastest 200 IM in history as he lowered Ryan Lochte's Championship and American records en-route to gold at the short-course worlds in Budapest. The USA swimme...
Read moreKate Douglass Lowers 200 IM WR; Takes Down Katinka Hosszu's 2014 Mark10 December 2024FLASH! Kate Douglass Lowers 200IM WR; Takes Down Katinka Hosszu's 2014 Mark En-Route To Gold Kate Douglass lowered the 200IM world record that had stood since 2014 as en-route to gold at the short-course worlds in Budapest. The USA swimmer went 2:01.63 to take 0.23 from the time of 2:01.86 that had ...
Read moreNoè Ponti Takes Down His 50 Fly WR In 21.4310 December 2024FLASH! Noè Ponti Takes Down His 50 Fly WR In 21.43 Noè Ponti lowered his own 50 fly WR in a time of 21.43 on day one of the short-course worlds in Budapest. The Swiss athlete served notice of his intention in prelims when he stopped the clock in 21.53, 0.03 off the WR he set at the Singapore leg of ...
Read moreGretchen Walsh Lowers 50 Butterfly Record; First Woman Inside 24 Seconds10 December 2024FLASH! Gretchen Walsh Lowers 50 Fly Record; First Woman Inside 24 Secs Gretchen Walsh lowered the 50 fly WR she set in prelims to 23.94 to become the first woman through the 24-second barrier in Budapest. The USA athlete went 24.02 in prelims to slice 0.36 from Therese Alshammar's record that had st...
Read moreSummer McIntosh Blasts 400 Freestyle WR of 3:50.2510 December 2024FLASH! Summer McIntosh Shatters 400 Free WR In 3:50.25 Summer McIntosh shattered Li Bingjie's 400 free world record in 3:50.25 at the World Short-Course Championships in Budapest. It was the second WR of the meet so far following Gretchen Walsh's shuddering effort in the 50 fly prelims. With that, M...
Read moreFLASH! Gretchen Walsh Crushes 50 Fly World Record; Takes Down Therese Alshammar's 2009 Mark10 December 2024FLASH! Gretchen Walsh Crushes 50 Fly World Record; Takes Down Therese Alshammar's 2009 Mark Gretchen Walsh crushed the 50 fly world record in 24.02 as she took down the standard held by Therese Alshammar since November 2009. Out in 11.28 and back in 12.74 in the fifth of six prelims at the Duna Aren...
Read moreBudapest 2024, Day 1 Prelims: Summer McIntosh & Noè Ponti Shine As Short-Course Worlds Get Underway10 December 2024Budapest 2024, Day 1 Prelims: Summer McIntosh & Noè Ponti Shine As Short-Course Worlds Get Underway Summer McIntosh and Noè Ponti were among the swimmers to make clear their intentions in the first prelims session of the World Short-Course Championships underway in Budapest. Gretchen Walsh set a shu...
Read moreBudapest 2024: Which Female Star Will Dominate?09 December 2024Budapest 2024: Which Female Star Will Dominate? Of the four women who won multiple individual gold medals at the Paris Olympics, three will miss this week's Short Course World Championships in Budapest. Distance legend Katie Ledecky continues her streak of never competing in the 25-meter championshi...