Noè Ponti rewrote history once more with a 1:48.56 European 200 fly record at the Swiss s/c Championships in Lausanne.
Ponti took 0.08 off the previous continental standard of 1:48.64 set by Italian Alberto Razzetti en-route to silver at the 2024 short-course worlds in Budapest.
The 25-year-old is elevated to number seven performer all-time with Tomoru Honda’s 1:46.85 WR standing since October 2022.
Luca Urlando‘s 1:47.56 American record at last month’s short-course worlds trials took him second all-time behind the Japanese followed by Ilya Kharun (1:48.12) and Tyler Ray (1:48.24) as the Americans make their presence felt in the rankings. Daiya Seto (1:48.24) and Chad le Clos (1:48.27) are fifth and sixth, now followed by Ponti.
The Swiss took 0.19 off his previous best of 1:48.77 and was followed home by Enrico Sottile (1:53.61) and Marius Toscan (1:56.09).
Ponti also holds the European record over 100 fly, going 47.71 at Budapest 2024, and held the 50 WR at 21.32 since Budapest before Egor Kornev lowered it to 211.28.
Viquerat & Niederberger Set About Swiss Record Books
Antoine Viquerat twice lowered the national 200m breaststroke record to mark his debut in Swiss colours after he switched allegiance from France.
He returned to keep his record run going with a new mark in the 50 breast as he lowered Maël Allegrini’s 2025 Swiss record of 26.72 by 0.07 to 26.65. That stood for a matter of hours before Viquerat went 26.41 in the final to make it four national records in two races.
Paul Niederberger took six seconds off the Swiss 1500 free record in 14:50.69 to improve the previous standard of 14:56.63 set by Antonio Djakovic in 2024.
Roman Mityukov won the 100 m backstroke in 50.46, a PB, as he added another event to his programme at next month’s short-course worlds in Beijing. It was his third title in Lausanne following the 50 back and 50 free golds.
At a glance results:
- 200 m freestyle: Antonio Djakovic – 1:44.18 min / Gaia Rasmussen – 1:57.84 min
- 100 m backstroke: Roman Mityukov – 50.46 s / Angelina Patt – 59.28 s
- 50m breaststroke: Antoine Viquerat – 26.41 s (SR) / Séraphine Hoigné – 30.51 s
- 200 m butterfly: Noè Ponti – 1:48.56 min (ER) / Loane Richard – 2:12.12 min
- 100 m medley: Gian-Luca Gartmann – 53.75 s / Angelina Patt – 1:00.06 min
- Men’s 1500 m freestyle: Paul Niederberger – 14:50.69 min (SR)
- Women’s 800 m freestyle: Vanna Djakovic – 8:34.39 min
- 4×50 m freestyle: Uster Swimming Club – 1:29.10 min (SR) / Uster Swimming Club – 1:40.77 min (SR)