{"id":440545,"date":"2020-07-20T09:52:41","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T16:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=440545"},"modified":"2020-07-20T09:52:41","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T16:52:41","slug":"the-week-that-was-shkurdai-curzan-post-swift-times-in-return-to-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-shkurdai-curzan-post-swift-times-in-return-to-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week That Was: Shkurdai, Curzan Post Swift Times in Return to Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate.<\/em><\/p>\n

There was a glimpse of normalcy in the last week as some swimmers around the world were able to return to competition for the first time in months. Most notably,\u00a0Anastasiya Shkurdai\u00a0<\/strong>of Belarus broke 57 seconds for the first time in the 100 butterfly in long course meters. She won the silver last summer at the World Juniors in the 100 fly, while the bronze medalist was\u00a0Claire Curzan\u00a0<\/strong>of the United States, who swam four new yards best times at her club team’s intrasquad meet in North Carolina.<\/p>\n

Read below the five biggest stories in The Week That Was sponsored by\u00a0Suitmate<\/a>.<\/p>\n