{"id":493690,"date":"2021-12-16T23:46:58","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T06:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=493690"},"modified":"2021-12-17T01:29:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T08:29:31","slug":"2021-fina-short-course-world-championships-day-2-prelims-u-s-canada-relays-running-close-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-fina-short-course-world-championships-day-2-prelims-u-s-canada-relays-running-close-again\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 FINA Short Course World Championships Day 2 Prelims: U.S., Canada Relays Running Close Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2021 FINA Short Course World Championships Day 2 Prelims: U.S., Canada Relays Running Close Again<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A day after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/short-course-world-championships-united-states-and-canada-tie-for-womens-400-free-relay-gold-day-one-womens-recap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tying for gold in the women\u2019s 400 freestyle relay<\/a>, there\u2019s again very little separating the United States and Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The United States grabbed the top seed from prelims of the 200 medley relay at the 2021 FINA Short Course World Championships Friday, just slightly ahead of Canada.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omegatiming.com\/2021\/15th-fina-world-swimming-championships-25m-live-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fina.org\/competitions\/2\/15th-fina-world-swimming-championships-25m-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet Info Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2021-fina-short-course-world-championships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full Coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Many of the protagonists were the same. The American foursome of <strong>Katharine Berkoff, Emily Escobedo, Claire Curzan<\/strong> and <strong>Kate Douglass<\/strong> clocked in at 1:44.50. Canada was second in 1:45.17 with the foursome of <strong>Kylie Masse, Sydney Pickrem, Katerine Savard<\/strong> and <strong>Maggie MacNeil.<\/strong> (Douglass, Curzan, MacNeil and Savard all won golds in the tie on Thursday.)<\/p>\n<p>Italy grabbed the third seed, followed by China and 400 free relay bronze medalist Sweden.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"493693\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-fina-short-course-world-championships-day-2-prelims-u-s-canada-relays-running-close-again\/w200medleyrelay\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/w200medleyrelay.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"907,803\" 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=\"w200medleyrelay\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;w200medleyrelay&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/w200medleyrelay-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/w200medleyrelay.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-493693 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/w200medleyrelay.jpg\" alt=\"w200medleyrelay\" width=\"907\" height=\"803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/w200medleyrelay.jpg 907w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/w200medleyrelay-226x200.jpg 226w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/w200medleyrelay-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/w200medleyrelay-450x398.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/w200medleyrelay-533x472.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 907px) 100vw, 907px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 200 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>Fernando Scheffer is the top seed after a tight 200 free in which seven tenths separated the top 11 finishers. The Brazilian was first in 1:42.42, just .01 up on South Korea\u2019s Sunwoo Hwang. Duncan Scott and Kieran Smith, the only American in the field, followed.<\/p>\n<p>The fastest final 50 of the event was provided by Danas Rapsys, the Lithuanian sneaking in to a tie for sixth with a 25.49 on his final 50.<\/p>\n<p>Among those missing out on the eight-man final are high-flying Dutchman Luc Kroon in ninth and Romania\u2019s David Popovici in 14th.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"493692\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-fina-short-course-world-championships-day-2-prelims-u-s-canada-relays-running-close-again\/m200free\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/M200free.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1137,681\" 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=\"M200free\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;M200free&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/M200free-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/M200free-1024x613.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-493692\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/M200free.jpg\" alt=\"M200free\" width=\"1137\" height=\"681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/M200free.jpg 1137w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/M200free-1024x613.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/M200free-280x168.jpg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/M200free-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/M200free-450x270.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/M200free-533x319.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1137px) 100vw, 1137px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 100 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>There may be no stopping <strong>Siobhan Haughey<\/strong> with the form she\u2019s in, and for prelims of the 100 free at least, that remained true. The Hong Kong swimmer set the top time in prelims at 51.97 seconds, a quarter-second clear of her ISL teammate with Energy Standard, <strong>Sarah Sjostrom.<\/strong> The Swedish star was second in 52.21.<\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s <strong>Kayla Sanchez<\/strong> is the third seed in prelims, followed by the U.S.\u2019s <strong>Abbey Weitzeil<\/strong> and Poland\u2019s <strong>Kasia Wasick.<\/strong> <strong>Torri Huske<\/strong> makes it two Americans in the 16-swimmer semifinals, having finished ninth.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"493691\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-fina-short-course-world-championships-day-2-prelims-u-s-canada-relays-running-close-again\/w100free\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/W100free.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"901,737\" 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=\"W100free\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;W100free&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/W100free-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/W100free.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-493691\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/W100free.jpg\" alt=\"W100free\" width=\"901\" height=\"737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/W100free.jpg 901w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/W100free-245x200.jpg 245w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/W100free-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/W100free-450x368.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/W100free-533x436.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 901px) 100vw, 901px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 100 butterfly<\/h4>\n<p>Switzerland\u2019s <strong>Noe Ponti<\/strong> set the pace at 49.49, downing his national record from the Swiss championship last month to grab the top seed. Second was <strong>Andrei Minakov<\/strong> in 49.60 with <strong>Youssef Ramadan<\/strong> of Egypt following.<\/p>\n<p>Sixteen swimmers advanced to semifinals. Barely among them was American <strong>Tom Shields,<\/strong> who went 50.57 seconds to finish 16th, just .22 ahead of <strong>Marcin Cieslak.<\/strong> You have to scroll much further to find <strong>Michael Andrew,<\/strong> who followed up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/michael-andrew-swims-disappointing-100-breast-in-first-races-since-olympics-at-short-course-worlds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a lackluster showing in the 100 breaststroke<\/a> by going 51.69. That\u2019s 33rd and nowhere near advancing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chad le Clos<\/strong> finished 11th in 50.47 to advance to semifinals.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"493696\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-fina-short-course-world-championships-day-2-prelims-u-s-canada-relays-running-close-again\/m100fly-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/M100fly-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"909,737\" 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=\"M100fly\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;M100fly&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/M100fly-1-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/M100fly-1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-493696\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/M100fly-1.jpg\" alt=\"M100fly\" width=\"909\" height=\"737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/M100fly-1.jpg 909w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/M100fly-1-247x200.jpg 247w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/M100fly-1-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/M100fly-1-450x365.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/M100fly-1-533x432.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 909px) 100vw, 909px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 200 butterfly<\/h4>\n<p>The 200 fly was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-after-katinka-hosszu-scratch-all-16-advance-in-formality-of-200-fly-prelims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one of the most underwhelming events<\/a> of the Tokyo Olympics. With the field thinned further at the 2021 FINA Short Course World Championships, it\u2019s more of the same.<\/p>\n<p>That didn\u2019t stop Russia\u2019s <strong>Svetlana Chimrova<\/strong> from taking the top seed in prelims in 2:05.12. Russia has two of the top three seeds, with <strong>Anastasiia Markova<\/strong> third.<\/p>\n<p>The favorite may yet be reigning Olympic champion <strong>Zhang Yufei,<\/strong> who is the second seed in 2:05.73. The American in the event, <strong>Charlotte Hooke,<\/strong> scraped into finals in seventh.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"493698\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-fina-short-course-world-championships-day-2-prelims-u-s-canada-relays-running-close-again\/w200fly-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/W200fly.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1263,749\" 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=\"W200fly\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;W200fly&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/W200fly-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/W200fly-1024x607.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-493698\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/W200fly.jpg\" alt=\"W200fly\" width=\"1263\" height=\"749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/W200fly.jpg 1263w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/W200fly-1024x607.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/W200fly-280x166.jpg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/W200fly-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/W200fly-450x267.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/W200fly-1200x712.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/W200fly-533x316.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1263px) 100vw, 1263px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Mixed 200 freestyle relay<\/h4>\n<p>Russia set the pace in the last relay of the morning, with the team of <strong>Andrei Minakov, Daniil Markov, Arina Surkova <\/strong>and <strong>Rozaliya Nasretdinova<\/strong> taking the top seed in 1:29.84. Minakov led off with a 21.04, and there might be tenths to gain in the back half with the women.<\/p>\n<p>Italy is the second seed, with <strong>Leonardo Deplano<\/strong> uncorking a 20.91 for the fastest split of the morning. Netherlands was third with more or less its top team, while the United States was fourth.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"493700\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-fina-short-course-world-championships-day-2-prelims-u-s-canada-relays-running-close-again\/mixed200fr\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mixed200fr.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"859,793\" 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=\"mixed200fr\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;mixed200fr&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mixed200fr-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mixed200fr.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-493700\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mixed200fr.jpg\" alt=\"mixed200fr\" width=\"859\" height=\"793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mixed200fr.jpg 859w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mixed200fr-217x200.jpg 217w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mixed200fr-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mixed200fr-450x415.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mixed200fr-533x492.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 859px) 100vw, 859px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 800 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>China\u2019s <strong>Li Bingjie<\/strong> was the class of prelims with a time of 8:10.09, the quickest by more than three seconds. Canada\u2019s <strong>Summer McIntosh<\/strong> grabbed the second seed in 8:13.37, setting a Canadian record in the process. She trashed the super-suited 8:19.99 that had stood since 2009 in the hands of <strong>Savannah King,<\/strong> set when McIntosh was 2.5 years old. <strong>Isabel Gose<\/strong> of Germany was third followed by Italy\u2019s <strong>Simona Quadarella,<\/strong> the top seed entering the event.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. pushed one of two swimmers through, <strong>Katie Grimes<\/strong> finished seventh in prelims at 8:16.01. <strong>Emma Weyant<\/strong> misses out in ninth at 8:20.65.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"493702\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2021-fina-short-course-world-championships-day-2-prelims-u-s-canada-relays-running-close-again\/w800free-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/W800free.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"873,753\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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