The World Championships play host to a multitude of countries for a total of eight days and national records have been tumbling left and right. Throughout the remainder of the World Championships Swimming World will be providing updates of the national records that tumble down.<\/p>\n
Finland’s\u00a0Mimosa Jallow<\/strong> improved upon her own national record with a 28.05 showing in the 50 back prelims. Jallow’s time betters her own record of 28.15 from the 2016 European Championships and earned her the 12th place seed going into tonight’s finals.<\/p>\n Ingibjorg Jonsdottir<\/strong> dashed to a new Icelandic National Record in the women’s 50 back, stopping the clock at a time of 28.53. Her time improved upon her own national record, previously established at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona.<\/p>\n A new Mexican National Record was established by\u00a0Maria Gonzalez Ramirez<\/strong> in prelims of the women’s 50 back. She delivered a 28.67 to best\u00a0Fernanda Gonzalez’\u00a0<\/strong>28.76 record from the 2014 Mexican Championships.<\/p>\n Naomi Ruele<\/strong> turned in a final time of 29.21 in prelims of the women’s 50 back, edging past her 2015 record of 29.36. That record was posted at the 2015 World Championships in Kazan.<\/p>\n Lushavel Stickland<\/strong> etched her name in the Samoan record books with a final time of 30.04, downing\u00a0Evlina Afoa’s<\/strong> 31.53 record. Afoa posted her record as the lead off relay leg while swimming at the 2016 Oceania Championships.<\/p>\n Hiba Fahsi<\/strong> improved upon her own Moroccan National Record of 30.81 with a 30.75 showing in prelims of the women’s 50 back. Fahsi had previously set her old record at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games.<\/p>\n Carolina Cermelli<\/strong> got the best of the 50 back Panamanian National Record, downing\u00a0Nimia Murua’s<\/strong> double record of 31.18. Murua had posted her original record at the 2014 CAMEX before tying it once again at the 2017 CCCAN, however Cermeli’s time of 30.77 makes her the first Panamanian woman beneath the 31-second mark.<\/p>\n Sergii Shevtsov<\/strong> splashed to a new Ukrainian National Record of 48.60 in prelims, qualifying 11th for semi-finals. His time took down\u00a0Yuriy Yegoshin’s<\/strong> 2007 record of 49.47 from the Paris Open.<\/p>\n Mohamed Samy<\/strong> slipped past\u00a0Ali Khalafalla’s<\/strong> 49.46 Egyptian National Record with a 49.42 in prelims. Khalafalla’s record was posted in 2015 at the Hoosierland Invitational.<\/p>\n Markus Lie<\/strong> took down a 27-year-old record in prelims of the 100 free with a 49.65. His time edged out\u00a0Jarl Inge Melberg’s<\/strong> 1990 record of 50.20.<\/p>\n Adil Kaskabay<\/strong> did some damage to his own national record of 50.10 with a 49.81 showing in prelims. The previous record was set in 2016 at the Asian Championships.<\/p>\n Khurshidjon Tursunov<\/strong> took down\u00a0Daniil Tulupov’s<\/strong> 2015 national record of 50.40 with a 49.91 showing in prelims. The previous record was posted at the 2015 World Championships in Kazan.<\/p>\n Aleksander Nikolov<\/strong> lowered his own national record of 50.03 with a 49.99. The previous record was posted at the 2016 Bulgarian Championships.<\/p>\n Julien Henx<\/strong> turned in a 50.06 in prelims of the 100 free to slip past his recent record of 50.11. The former record was posted in May of 2017 at the Games of the Small States of Europe.<\/p>\n Mikel Schreuders\u00a0<\/strong>bested his own national record of 51.07 with a 50.12 showing in prelims of the men’s 100 free. His previous record was posted at the 2016 CISC meet.<\/p>\n Barbara Zavodova<\/strong> continued to lower her own national record with a 2:12.09 showing in the women’s 200 fly. Zavodova had previously posted the national record at a 2:12.45 while swimming at the 2015 World Championships.<\/p>\n Alicia Mancilla<\/strong> posted a new Guamanian National Record in the women’s 200 fly with a 2:20.58 showing in prelims. Mancilla’s time downs\u00a0Manami Iijima’s<\/strong> record of 2:32.36 from 2007.<\/p>\n Lara Aklouk<\/strong> lowered her own 200 fly national record with a 2:32.35 showing in prelims of the women’s 200 fly. Aklouk had previously set the record at a 2:36.81 while swimming at the 2015 Arab Age Group Championships.<\/p>\n Tomas Peribonio Avila<\/strong> delivered a 2:01.21 to take down\u00a0Estban Enderica’s<\/strong> 2010 national record of 2:05.10. That time was posted during the 2010 Pan American Games.<\/p>\n Daniel Skaaning<\/strong> slipped past\u00a0Chris Boe Christensen’s<\/strong> national record of 2:01.62 with a 2:01.34 in prelims of the men’s 200 IM. Christensen’s record had an eight-year reign after being posted at the 2009 World Championships.<\/p>\n Richard Nagy<\/strong> posted a time of 2:01.78 to slash the Slovakian National Record of 2:05.36 to history. The previous record was held by\u00a0Pavol\u00a0<\/strong>Jelenak<\/b> and was posted at the 2015 Slovak Championships.<\/p>\n Christoph Meier<\/strong> edged past his 2014 national record of 2:03.85 with a 2:03.15 showing in prelims. The 2014 record was posted at the European Championships.<\/p>\n Thomas Tsiopanis<\/strong> did away with his short-lived Cypriot National Record of 2:07.13 with a 2:05.19 showing in prelims. His old record was set this past May at the 2017 Games of the Small States of Europe.<\/p>\n Brandon Schuster<\/strong> took down his previous 2:11.99 national record with a 2:07.64 showing in prelims of the men’s 200 IM. The previous record was posted at the 2016 Oceania Championships.<\/p>\n Noel Keane<\/strong> destroyed his own Palauan National Record in the men’s 200 IM lowering it from a 2:27.33 to a 2:18.66. The previous record was posted at the 2016 Oceania Championships.<\/p>\n The U.S. team of\u00a0Ryan Murphy, Kevin Cordes, Kelsi Worrell,\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Mallory Comerford<\/strong> did away with the World Record in the mixed medley relay during prelims. The group of four stopped the clock at a 3:40.28 to do away with the previous 3:41.71, which was posted by Great Britain at the 2015 World Championships.<\/p>\n Their time doubles as an American Record and they return as the top seed for finals.<\/p>\n Kaylee Mckeown, Matthew Wilson, Grant Irvine,<\/strong> and\u00a0Shayna Jack<\/strong> powered to a second place seed and a new Australian National Record of 3:44.13 in the mixed medley relay. The previous record was a 3:$6.52 from he 2014 BHP Biliton Aquatic Super Series.<\/p>\n Kliment Kolesnikov, Vsevolod Zanko, Svetlana Chimrova,<\/strong> and\u00a0Viktoriia Andreeva<\/strong> combined to post a qualifying\u00a0time of 3:46.09 in prelims of the mixed medley relay, establishing a new Russian National Record. Previously, the record was a 3:47.34 from the 2014 European Championships.<\/p>\n Russia will return as the fifth place seed for tonight’s final.<\/p>\n Junya Koga, Runa Imai, Sakiko Shimizu,<\/strong> and\u00a0Tsubasa Amai<\/strong> posted a 3:53.69 in prelims of the mixed medley relay to set a new Japanese National Record. The previous record had been set at the 2014 BHP Biliton Aquatic Super Series at a 3:53.79.<\/p>\n They will be the second alternate team for tonight’s finals.<\/p>\n Tatiana Salcutan, Alina Bulmag, Pavel Izbisciuc,\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Evghenii Paponin<\/strong> turned in a 4:05.04 in prelims of the mixed medley relay, establishing a new national record. The previous record was a 4:06.69 from the 2016 European Championships.<\/p>\n Steven Maina, Rebecca Kamau, Emily Muteti,\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Issa Mohamed<\/strong> lowered the Kenyan National Record to a 4:08.84, bypassing the 4:10 mark and the previous record of 4:11.88. The previous record was set in 2015 at the All-Africa Championships.<\/p>\n Catarina Sousa, Mario Ervedosa, Daniel Francisco,\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Ana Nobrega<\/strong> combined to post a new Aruban National Record of 4:15.68 in prelims of the mixed medley relay. 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Mexico<\/h3>\n
Botswana<\/h3>\n
Samoa<\/h3>\n
Morocco<\/h3>\n
Panama<\/h3>\n
Men’s 100 Free<\/h1>\n
Ukraine<\/h3>\n
Egypt<\/h3>\n
Norway<\/h3>\n
Kazakhstan<\/h3>\n
Uzbekistan<\/h3>\n
Bulgaria<\/h3>\n
Luxembourg<\/h3>\n
Aruba<\/h3>\n
Additional countries that broke national records:<\/h3>\n
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Women’s 200 Fly<\/h1>\n
Czech Republic<\/h3>\n
Guam<\/h3>\n
Jordan<\/h3>\n
Men’s 200 IM<\/h1>\n
Ecuador<\/h3>\n
Denmark<\/h3>\n
Slovakia<\/h3>\n
Liechtenstein<\/h3>\n
Cyprus<\/h3>\n
Samoa<\/h3>\n
Palau<\/h3>\n
Mixed 400 Medley Relay<\/h1>\n
United States – World Record<\/h3>\n
Australia<\/h3>\n
Russia<\/h3>\n
Japan<\/h3>\n
Moldova<\/h3>\n
Kenya<\/h3>\n
Angola<\/h3>\n