{"id":233259,"date":"2016-12-13T11:12:58","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T18:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=233259"},"modified":"2016-12-13T11:12:58","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T18:12:58","slug":"the-week-that-was-short-course-records-fall-across-u-s-and-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-short-course-records-fall-across-u-s-and-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week That Was: Short Course Records Fall Across U.S. and Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week featured a bevy of short course yards and short course meters records broke at meets across North America. Check out the highlights from those competitions in addition to the rest of the news in the week that was!<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Week That Was -- Dec. 13, 2016\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4jCCRaetyVQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #5 &#8211;\u00a0<\/b><b>Joseph Schooling Donates $200,000 To Singapore Swimming<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_232509\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/schooling-family-donates-sizable-sum-to-singapore-swimming-association\/colin-may-schooling-check-singapore-swimming-association\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-232509\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-232509\" data-attachment-id=\"232509\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/schooling-family-donates-sizable-sum-to-singapore-swimming-association\/colin-may-schooling-check-singapore-swimming-association\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/colin-may-schooling-check-singapore-swimming-association.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,802\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-RX100M5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1481136012&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;8.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"colin-may-schooling-check-singapore-swimming-association\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Singapore Swimming Association&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/colin-may-schooling-check-singapore-swimming-association-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/colin-may-schooling-check-singapore-swimming-association-1024x684.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-232509\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/colin-may-schooling-check-singapore-swimming-association-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Courtesy: Singapore Swimming Association\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-232509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Singapore Swimming Association<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following a successful 2016 Olympic Games where <\/span><b>Joseph Schooling <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">walked away with a gold medal in the 100 butterfly, the Singapore swimmer received a large monetary award from the Singapore Swimming Association. For becoming the first swimming Olympian from Singapore to bring home a gold medal, Schooling earned a S$1 million reward (approximately just over U.S. $700,000). This week, the gold medalist and his family started giving some of that money back, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/schooling-family-donates-sizable-sum-to-singapore-swimming-association\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">donating S$200,000 to the Singapore Swimming Association<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as part of an effort to develop aquatic sports in the country. SSA President <\/span><b>Lee Kok Choy <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">called the donation \u201cunprecedented\u201d and explained that an independent committee is being set up to ensure the money will be used in a \u201cfair and transparent manner\u201d to help grow the association. He went on to say that this donation will help improve all aspects of the organization, including athlete development and the improvement of coaching standards.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #4 &#8211;\u00a0<\/b><b>World Para Swimming Introduces New Meet Circuit<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_218570\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rebecca-meyers-paralympic-trials\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-218570\" data-attachment-id=\"218570\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-short-course-records-fall-across-u-s-and-canada\/rebecca-meyers-paralympic-trials\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/rebecca-meyers-paralympic-trials.png\" data-orig-size=\"954,601\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rebecca-meyers-paralympic-trials\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;8\/14\/18&lt;br \/&gt;\n12\/1\/17&lt;br \/&gt;\n6\/27\/17&lt;br \/&gt;\n12\/8\/16&lt;br \/&gt;\nrebecca-meyers-paralympic-trials&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Kevin McCarthy&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/rebecca-meyers-paralympic-trials-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/rebecca-meyers-paralympic-trials.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-218570\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/rebecca-meyers-paralympic-trials-700x500.png\" alt=\"rebecca-meyers-paralympic-trials\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-218570\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Kevin McCarthy<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World Para Swimming <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-para-swimming-announces-inaugural-world-series-circuit\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">introduced the Para Swimming World Series<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the first international circuit of competitions open to para athletes. The circuit will begin in March of 2017, starting in Copenhagen, Denmark before moving through Brazil, Great Britain, the United States and Germany. <\/span><b>Ryan Montgomery<\/b>,<b> <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summer Sports Director for the IPC, noted that the series will grow the sport and provide opportunities for para swimming to continue enhancing areas of the sport, including classifications and meet management. He also noted a standardized point system will be developed to declare a best performing athlete over the duration of the series. The meet circuit will run through July and serve as a lead-up to the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships in Mexico City, which run from September 20 &#8211; October 6.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #3 &#8211; Second McLaren Report Released<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_232768\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wada-releases-richard-mclarens-2nd-independent-person-report-more-than-1000-athletes-involved\/doping-needle\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-232768\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-232768\" data-attachment-id=\"232768\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wada-releases-richard-mclarens-2nd-independent-person-report-more-than-1000-athletes-involved\/doping-needle\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/doping-needle.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"doping-needle\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;doping-needle&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The fight for clean sport&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/doping-needle-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/doping-needle-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-232768\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/doping-needle-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"doping-needle\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-232768\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/swimmingworld.azureedge.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mclaren-second-independent-person-report-12-9-16.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Independent Person report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from <\/span><b>Richard McLaren<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was released this week, implicating over 1,000 athletes and detailing large scale corruption in Russia. McLaren released <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/what-the-independent-investigation-into-russias-systematic-doping-program-means-to-swimming\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">his first report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> back in July, right on the eve of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. That report revealed widespread doping in Russia and led the country to be banned from the Paralympic Games by the International Paralympic Committee and for the International Olympic Committee to release condition for Russian participation in the Olympic Games. While the first report showed that the corruption went through high levels of the Russian government, this report second paints a clearer picture of the alleged state-run doping, showing that it was part of an organized infrastructure within the Russian government. Both the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ipc-releases-statement-on-second-mclaren-independent-person-report\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IPC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ioc-releases-statement-on-mclaren-report-condemns-fundamental-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IOC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> released statements acknowledging Professor McLaren\u2019s report and vowing to use the evidence to work to end doping in sport. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimoutlet.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"134900\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-competition-heats-up-in-usa-and-australia\/twtw_graphic\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/TWTW_GRAPHIC.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Week That Was\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Sponsored By SwimOutlet.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/TWTW_GRAPHIC-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/TWTW_GRAPHIC-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-134900\" src=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/TWTW_GRAPHIC-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"The Week That Was\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #2 &#8211; NAG Records Fall During Winter Junior Meets <\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_148034\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jrs_regan_smith-2015-usa-swimming-junior-nationals\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-148034\" data-attachment-id=\"148034\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-short-course-records-fall-across-u-s-and-canada\/jrs_regan_smith-2015-usa-swimming-junior-nationals\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/jrs_regan_smith-2015-usa-swimming-junior-nationals-e1491322908549.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,801\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"jrs_regan_smith-2015-usa-swimming-junior-nationals\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;4\/1\/17&lt;br \/&gt;\n8\/5\/2016&lt;br \/&gt;\njrs_regan_smith-2015-usa-swimming-junior-nationals JRS_REGAN_SMITH&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Donna Nelson&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/jrs_regan_smith-2015-usa-swimming-junior-nationals-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/jrs_regan_smith-2015-usa-swimming-junior-nationals-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-148034\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/jrs_regan_smith-2015-usa-swimming-junior-nationals-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"jrs_regan_smith-2015-usa-swimming-junior-nationals\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-148034\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Donna Nelson<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week USA Swimming held their Winter Junior National Championships, with the East location taking place in Columbus at Ohio State and the West location in College Station, Texas. Future Cal Bear <\/span><b>Ryan Hoffer <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">made a statement at the West meet,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">starting <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-speedo-winter-junior-championships-west-day-2-finals-live-recap\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">off the meet with an impressive 18.71 win in the 50 free<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. That was his second time under 19.0 after an 18.88 morning swim and tied Olympic gold medalist <\/span><b>Nathan Adrian\u2019s <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pool record in the event. <\/span><b>Regan Smith <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">had also had a record breaking meet, taking down two 13-14 NAG records and coming close in a handful of others. Smith broke the 100 butterfly record twice, first with a 52.22 in prelims before breaking it again with a 51.70 that night at finals. In that same session, Smith came back to break the NAG record in the 100 backstroke, touching in 51.09, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/regan-smith-rewrites-13-14-nag-record-board-in-back-and-fly\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">giving the Riptide swimmer two NAG records in one night<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><b>Zoe Bartel <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the Fort Collins Area Swim Team also broke the 15-16 NAG record in the 200 breaststroke on the final night of the meet, going 2:07.72 to take 4-tenths off of <\/span><b>Caitlin Leverenz\u2019s <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">old record.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, at the East meet <\/span><b>Reece Whitley <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Drew Kibler <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">both broke NAG records. Kibler started off the meet with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/drew-kibler-crushes-15-16-200-freestyle-nag-in-relay-lead-off\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a 15-16 NAG record of 1:33.36 in the 200 free<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> leading off the Carmel Swim Club 800 free relay before breaking a second <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/drew-kibler-adds-nag-record-in-500-free\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NAG record in the 500 free with a 4:15.36<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Whitley, for his part, broke <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/reece-whitley-set-national-age-group-record-in-200-breaststroke\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the 15-16 NAG record in the 200 breaststroke with a 1:52.37<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. That broke his own NAG record by over a second. You can see all the recaps of the Winter Junior meets by following the links below:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2016-speedo-winter-junior-championships-east\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Winter Juniors &#8211; East<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2016-speedo-winter-junior-championships-west\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Winter Juniors &#8211; West<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #1 &#8211; World Records Fall At Short Course Worlds In Canada<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_157388\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fina-world-championships-kazan-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-157388\" data-attachment-id=\"157388\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-short-course-records-fall-across-u-s-and-canada\/fina-world-championships-kazan-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/chad-le-clos-3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1278,851\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;LaPresse&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D4S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Foto Fabio Ferrari - LaPresse\\n04\\\/08\\\/2015 Kazan ( Russia ) \\nSport \\n16 Campionati del mondo FINA 2015 - uomini 200m stile libero - finale \\nnella foto: Le Clos Chad \\n\\nPhoto Fabio Ferrari - LaPresse\\n04 August 2015 Kazan ( Russian ) \\nSport\\n16 Campionati del mondo FINA 2015 - men&#039;s 200m freestyle - final\\nin the picture:Le Clos Chad&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1438698822&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;LaPresse&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;FINA World Championships Kazan&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"FINA World Championships Kazan\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;12\/12\/16&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Foto Fabio Ferrari &#8211; LaPresse 04\/08\/2015 Kazan ( Russia ) Sport 16 Campionati del mondo FINA 2015 &#8211; uomini 200m stile libero &#8211; finale nella foto: Le Clos Chad Photo Fabio Ferrari &#8211; LaPresse 04 August 2015 Kazan ( Russian ) Sport 16 Campionati del mondo FINA 2015 &#8211; men&#8217;s 200m freestyle &#8211; final in the picture:Le Clos Chad&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Fabio Ferrari &#8211; LaPresse&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/chad-le-clos-3-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/chad-le-clos-3-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-157388\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/chad-le-clos-3-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Foto Fabio Ferrari - LaPresse 04\/08\/2015 Kazan ( Russia ) Sport 16 Campionati del mondo FINA 2015 - uomini 200m stile libero - finale nella foto: Le Clos Chad Photo Fabio Ferrari - LaPresse 04 August 2015 Kazan ( Russian ) Sport 16 Campionati del mondo FINA 2015 - men's 200m freestyle - final in the picture:Le Clos Chad\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-157388\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Fabio Ferrari &#8211; LaPresse<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2016 FINA Short Course World Championships were held this week in Windsor, Canada, and the meet provided a chance for athletes from across the world to compete on the international stage for the final time in 2016. South African <\/span><b>Chad le Clos <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">swept all three butterfly races, winning the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/chad-le-clos-just-misses-world-record-wins-200-fly-world-title\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">200 butterfly (1:48.76)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/chad-le-clos-flies-to-100-fly-scm-world-record\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">100 butterfly (48.08)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/chad-le-clos-flies-to-50-fly-victory-at-sc-worlds\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">50 butterfly (21.98)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The swimmer\u2019s time in the 100 butterfly broke his own world record in the event and brought him closer to becoming the first man to swim a sub-48 short course 100 butterfly in history. Hungarian <\/span><b>Katinka Hosszu <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">completed a sweep of her own in the IM events, taking the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katinka-hosszu-adds-100-im-gold-to-2016-worlds-medal-collection\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">100 IM (57.24)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katinka-hosszu-completes-medley-sweep-with-200-im-victory\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">200 IM (2:02.90)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katinka-hosszu-dominates-400-im-wins-first-title-in-windsor\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">400 IM (4:21.67)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The Hungarian also won four other events throughout the meet for a total of seven wins, adding victories in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katinka-hosszu-wins-third-gold-medal-in-windsor-pulls-away-in-100-back-final\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">100 backstroke (55.54)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katinka-hosszu-posts-decisive-victory-in-200-back\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">200 backstroke (2:00.79)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/233296-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">100 butterfly (55.12)<\/a>, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katinka-hosszu-out-duels-kelsi-worrell-for-200-fly-world-title-american-record-for-worrell\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">200 butterfly (2:02.15)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> throughout the meet. The second world record of the meet <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/u-s-women-break-world-record-dominate-womens-200-medley-relay\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">came from the United States 200 medley relay team<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of <\/span><b>Ali DeLoof<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (26.12), <\/span><b>Lilly King<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (28.78), <\/span><b>Kelsi Worrell <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(24.44) and <\/span><b>Katrina Konopka<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (23.93), who won the event in 1:43.27 on the second day of the meet. 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