﻿{"id":570784,"date":"2023-10-14T09:59:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T16:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=570784"},"modified":"2023-10-14T12:01:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T19:01:49","slug":"world-cup-athens-day-2-finals-kaylee-mckeown-tickles-100-back-wr-as-four-meet-marks-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-cup-athens-day-2-finals-kaylee-mckeown-tickles-100-back-wr-as-four-meet-marks-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup Athens, Day 2 Finals: Kaylee McKeown Tickles 100 Back WR As Four Meet Marks Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>World Cup Athens, Day 2 Finals: Kaylee McKeown Tickles 100 Back WR As Four Meet Marks Fall<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Kaylee McKeown<\/strong> came within 0.18 of her 100m backstroke world record as she set one of four meet marks on the second day of the <strong>World Aquatics Swimming World Cup<\/strong> stop in Athens.<\/p>\n<p>McKeown was in a race of her own on the second 50 as she went 57.63 to cut a huge 0.32secs from her own World Cup standard of 57.95 set last week in Berlin.<\/p>\n<p>It was the sixth-fastest time in history and ranks fifth in the Australian&#8217;s career, matching the time she did at the <strong>2021 Sydney Open<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sarah Sjostrom<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Siobhan Haughey<\/strong> and <strong>Henrik Christiansen<\/strong> also set <strong>World Cup<\/strong> records in the 50 fly, 200 free and 800 free respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Christiansen got the ball rolling with a new meet mark in the fastest heat of the 800 free, his time of 7:51.92 cutting more than five seconds from the previous record of 7:56.96 that had stood to <strong>Gregorio Paltrinieri<\/strong> since August 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Haughey lowered her own World Cup record when she went 1:55.03, to take 0.07secs from the mark she set last week in Berlin.<\/p>\n<p>Sjostrom raced to 24.97 in the 50 fly, her 18th voyage inside 25, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sarah-sjostrom-to-compete-at-2024-world-championships-in-doha-as-sweden-announce-13-strong-squad\/\">a day after it was confirmed<\/a> she&#8217;d defend the title she&#8217;s won for five straight World Championships in Doha in February.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matt Sates<\/strong> won the 200IM before coming back to take the gruelling 200 fly.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omegatiming.com\/2023\/world-aquatics-swimming-world-cup-2-live-results\">Link to results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-cup-athens-day-1-finals-kaylee-mckeown-goes-within-0-04-of-50-back-world-record\/\">Day One Finals<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how day two finals unfolded:<\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 400m Individual Medley<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Katie Grimes<\/strong> held off the fast-finishing <strong>Waka Kobori<\/strong> to repeat her Berlin victory in 4:38.74 although the American shook her head following victory.<\/p>\n<p>The pair made up a gulf on the breaststroke leg only for Grimes to take the win by 0.61 over Kobori (4:39.35) and <strong>Ageha Tanigawa<\/strong> (4:40.23).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"570798\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-cup-athens-day-2-finals-kaylee-mckeown-tickles-100-back-wr-as-four-meet-marks-fall\/2023-10-14\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14.png\" data-orig-size=\"706,387\" 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=\"2023-10-14\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2023-10-14&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-700x387.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-570798 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-700x387.png\" alt=\"2023-10-14\" width=\"700\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 800m Freestyle<\/h3>\n<p>Christiansen dominated throughout to win and take down Paltrinieri&#8217;s mark before saying on poolside:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I think the 800 is my baby, I live and breathe for the 800.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To come out here and do this was amazing.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Behind the Norwegian was a two-man tussle for silver with the home crowd roaring on <strong>Dimitrios Markos<\/strong> to second with a 28.57 final 50 for 7:58.16 with Japan&#8217;s <strong>Kaito Tabuchi<\/strong> third in 7:58.70.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"570801\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-cup-athens-day-2-finals-kaylee-mckeown-tickles-100-back-wr-as-four-meet-marks-fall\/2023-10-14-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-1.png\" data-orig-size=\"624,421\" 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=\"2023-10-14 (1)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2023-10-14 (1)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-1.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-1.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-570801 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-1.png\" alt=\"2023-10-14 (1)\" width=\"624\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-1.png 624w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-1-280x189.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-1-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-1-450x304.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-1-533x360.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 50m Backstroke<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Michael Andrew<\/strong> claimed his second World Cup title in as many days following his 50 free win on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The American appeared to be well on top going into the final metres only for <strong>Pieter Coetze<\/strong> &#8211; winner of the 200 &#8211; and <strong>Isaac Cooper<\/strong> to come back.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew took the touch though in 24.79 ahead of Coetze (24.89) and Cooper (24.90).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"570804\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-cup-athens-day-2-finals-kaylee-mckeown-tickles-100-back-wr-as-four-meet-marks-fall\/2023-10-14-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-2.png\" data-orig-size=\"792,273\" 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=\"2023-10-14 (2)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2023-10-14 (2)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-2-700x273.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-2.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-570804 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-2-700x273.png\" alt=\"2023-10-14 (2)\" width=\"700\" height=\"273\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 200m Freestyle<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Torri Huske<\/strong> went out fast from lane one but it was Olympic silver medallist Haughey who turned slightly ahead at 50 and dominated from that point.<\/p>\n<p>Splits: 27.05\/56.14 (29.09)\/1:25.86 (29.72)\/1:55.03 (29.17).<\/p>\n<p>The previous World Cup standard of 1:55.10 set by the Hong Kong swimmer had lasted exactly one week.<\/p>\n<p>She said:\u00a0&#8220;Hopefully I can keep getting better as we race and this is what I am doing now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Erika Fairweather<\/strong> added 200 silver to 400 gold in 1:56.71 with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/nikolett-padar-wins-double-gold-among-hungary-treble-at-european-juniors\/\">European junior champion<\/a> <strong>Nikolett Padar<\/strong> getting bronze in 1:57.32.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"570805\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-cup-athens-day-2-finals-kaylee-mckeown-tickles-100-back-wr-as-four-meet-marks-fall\/2023-10-14-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-3.png\" data-orig-size=\"700,333\" 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=\"2023-10-14 (3)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2023-10-14 (3)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-3.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-3.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-570805 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-3.png\" alt=\"2023-10-14 (3)\" width=\"700\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-3.png 700w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-3-280x133.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-3-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-3-450x214.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-3-533x254.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 200m Individual Medley<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Matt Sates<\/strong> came from fourth at halfway to turn the race on its head and take the title in 1:58.86.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kieran Smith<\/strong> (1:59.56) and <strong>Danys Rapsys<\/strong> (2:00.15) completed the podium.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"570814\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-cup-athens-day-2-finals-kaylee-mckeown-tickles-100-back-wr-as-four-meet-marks-fall\/2023-10-14-7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-7.png\" data-orig-size=\"700,332\" 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=\"2023-10-14 (7)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2023-10-14 (7)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-7.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-7.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-570814 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-7.png\" alt=\"2023-10-14 (7)\" width=\"700\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-7.png 700w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-7-280x133.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-7-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-7-450x213.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-7-533x253.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 100m Backstroke<\/h3>\n<p>McKeown was just 0.04 outside the 50 world record on Friday with the second-fastest swim all-time of 27.02.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian returned to the water on Saturday and split 28.32\/29.31 to finish 0.18 outside her world record of 57.45 set in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>She said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;(The) 100s never get any easier &#8211; especially in the last 25 &#8211; so it was good race practice and good to be among these girls as well.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Kylie Masse<\/strong> headed a Canadian two-three in 1:00.10 ahead of <strong>Ingrid Wilm<\/strong> (1:00.57).<\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"570810\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-cup-athens-day-2-finals-kaylee-mckeown-tickles-100-back-wr-as-four-meet-marks-fall\/2023-10-14-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-4.png\" data-orig-size=\"703,330\" 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=\"2023-10-14 (4)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2023-10-14 (4)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-4-700x330.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-4.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-570810 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-4-700x330.png\" alt=\"2023-10-14 (4)\" width=\"700\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-4-700x330.png 700w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-4-280x131.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-4-300x141.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-4-450x211.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-4-533x250.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-4.png 703w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>Men&#8217;s 50m Breaststroke<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Qin Haiyang<\/strong> really has the golden touch in 2023 and his roll call this year is worth repeating once more.<\/p>\n<p>An unprecedented clean sweep of the breaststroke events at the <strong>World Championships<\/strong> in Fukuoka, which was repeated at the <strong>World University Games<\/strong> and <strong>Asian Games<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese swimmer swept up at the World Cup in Berlin last week and on Friday won the 100m.<\/p>\n<p>He returned on Saturday to take the 50m title in 26.52 with <strong>Adam Peaty<\/strong> finishing strongly to take second in 26.89, an important step on his journey back into competition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nic Fink<\/strong> took third in 26.98.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"570811\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-cup-athens-day-2-finals-kaylee-mckeown-tickles-100-back-wr-as-four-meet-marks-fall\/2023-10-14-5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-5.png\" data-orig-size=\"772,277\" 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=\"2023-10-14 (5)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2023-10-14 (5)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-5-700x277.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-5.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-570811 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-5-700x277.png\" alt=\"2023-10-14 (5)\" width=\"700\" height=\"277\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 50m Butterfly<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sarah Sjostrom<\/strong> set a World Cup record of 25.06 en-route to victory ahead of <strong>Zhang Yufei<\/strong> in Berlin last week, the joint 22nd fastest time of her career.<\/p>\n<p>The Swede &#8211; who claimed a fifth straight world title in the event at the Fukuoka worlds &#8211; reduced it once more for the 16th-swiftest time of her career headed by her 24.43 world record.<\/p>\n<p>She said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;That&#8217;s amazing. Every time I go under 25 seconds it feels like a personal best for me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am super happy with that.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Behind her came Zhang (25.31) and <strong>Torri Huske<\/strong> (25.73).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"570812\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-cup-athens-day-2-finals-kaylee-mckeown-tickles-100-back-wr-as-four-meet-marks-fall\/2023-10-14-6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-6.png\" data-orig-size=\"786,270\" 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=\"2023-10-14 (6)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2023-10-14 (6)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-6-700x270.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-6.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-570812 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-14-6-700x270.png\" alt=\"2023-10-14 (6)\" width=\"700\" height=\"270\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 100m 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