Night three of the 2017 FINA World Championships saw an astounding number of World and National Records come tumbling down. Read below to see new national records established by a total of 14 countries, plus three world records and two Asian swimming records.<\/p>\n
Sun Yang<\/strong> won the men’s 200 free with a final time of 1:44.39 on night three in record-breaking fashion. Sun’s time doubled as both a Chinese National Record and a new Asian Swimming Record.<\/p>\n Dominik Kozma<\/strong> finished sixth overall in the men’s 200 free final, but he succeeded in downing fellow Hungarian\u00a0Laszlo Cseh’s<\/strong> national record in the process. Kozma stopped the clock at a 1:45.54 to take down Cseh’s 1:45.78 from the 2009 World Championships.<\/p>\n Mireia Belmonte<\/strong> propelled to a personal best time and a new Spanish Record of 15:50.89 during finals of the women’s 1500 free. The Spanish Olympian was the previous record holder with a 15:57.29 from the 2014 European Championships.<\/p>\n Julia Hassler<\/strong> posted a new Lichtensteinian National Record en route to a seventh place finish in finals of the women’s 1500 free. Her final time of 16:14.86 bested her previous national record of 16:21.06 by 6.2 seconds.<\/p>\n Adam Peaty<\/strong> continued to dominate the men’s sprint breaststroke events by once again lowering his world record in the 50 meter race. Peaty unleashed an unbelievable 25.95 to become the first man to break the 26-second mark in the 50. His time also doubles as a new British National Record.<\/p>\n Kirill Prigoda<\/strong> once again slashed the Russian t National Record in the men’s 50 breast, lowering it down to a 26.85. His semi-finals time qualified him fourth for tomorrow night’s final and bested the national record of 26.91 he posted during prelims.<\/p>\n The records just kept falling as\u00a0Ilya Shymanovich<\/strong> became the first Belarusian man to post a sub-27 second 50 breast time. His new record sits at a 26.90 and takes down his record of 27.01 posted during prelims.<\/p>\n Johannes Skagius\u00a0<\/strong>improved upon his own Swedish National Record of 27.16 with a 27.02 swim in semi-finals. His previous record was originally posted in 2013 at the World Championships in Barcelona.<\/p>\n Yasuhiro Koseki<\/strong>\u00a0took down the Japanese and Asian Swimming records in the men’s 50 breast, delivering a final 27.17 in semi-finals. Koseki had posted a 27.21 earlier today in prelims, which at the time counted as new Japanese and Asian records.<\/p>\n After flirting with the world record in semi-finals of the 100 back, Canadian\u00a0Kylie Masse<\/strong> slipped beneath the vaunted 58.12 to lower it to a 58.10. Masse’s time makes her the third Canadian to set a world record in the history of the 100 back and doubles as a Canadian National Record.<\/p>\n Simona Baumrtova<\/strong> lowered her own Czech National Record in the women’s 100 back, delivering a new record of 59.71. Her previous record was a 59.84 from the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona.<\/p>\n *No new records established<\/p>\n Veronika Popova<\/strong> established a new Russian National Record in the women’s 200 free, posting a final time of 1:55.08. Her time takes down the previous record of 1:55.93, which she set at the 2014 Russian Championships.<\/p>\n Siobhan Haughey<\/strong> continued to strike away at her 200 free national record with a semi-finals showing of 1:56.21. This is the second time today that she has lowered it, having set a new Hong Kong National Record in prelims with a 1:56.62 showing.<\/p>\n Antani Ivanov<\/strong> chopped more than a second off his Bulgarian National Record in semi-finals of the men’s 200 fly, stopping the clock at a time of 1:55.58 to qualify eighth for tomorrow night’s final heat. The previous record was a 1:57.11, set at the European Junior Championships in 2016.<\/p>\n Lilly King<\/strong> delivered a dominating 1:04.13 to win gold in the women’s 100 breast final. King’s time downed the previous World Record of 1:04.35 set by Lithuania’s\u00a0Ruta Meilutyte<\/strong> in 2013 and takes down\u00a0Jessica Hardy’s<\/strong> American Record of 1:04.45 from 2009.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Night three of the 2017 FINA World Championships saw an astounding number of World and National Records come tumbling down. 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Women’s 1500 Free<\/h1>\n
Spain<\/h3>\n
Liechenstein<\/h3>\n
Men’s 50 Breast<\/h1>\n
Great Britain<\/h3>\n
Russia<\/h3>\n
Belarus<\/h3>\n
Sweden<\/h3>\n
Japan – Asian<\/h3>\n
Women’s 100 Back<\/h1>\n
Canada – World Record<\/h3>\n
Czech Republic<\/h3>\n
Men’s 100 Back<\/h1>\n
Women’s 200 Free<\/h1>\n
Russia<\/h3>\n
Hong Kong<\/h3>\n
Men’s 200 Fly<\/h1>\n
Bulgaria<\/h3>\n
Women’s 100 Breast<\/h1>\n
\u00a0United States<\/strong><\/h3>\n