{"id":601509,"date":"2024-12-11T13:45:54","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T20:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=601509"},"modified":"2024-12-11T13:56:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T20:56:02","slug":"budapest-2024-day-2-semifinals-tang-qianting-misses-100m-breaststroke-wr-by-0-01-gretchen-walsh-with-second-fastest-100-free-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/budapest-2024-day-2-semifinals-tang-qianting-misses-100m-breaststroke-wr-by-0-01-gretchen-walsh-with-second-fastest-100-free-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Budapest 2024, Day 2 Semifinals: Tang Qianting Misses 100m Breaststroke WR By 0.01; Gretchen Walsh With Second-Fastest 100 Free All-Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Budapest 2024, Day 2 Semifinals: Tang Qianting Misses 100m Breaststroke WR By 0.01; Gretchen Walsh With Second-Fastest 100 Free All-Time<\/h4>\n

Tang Qianting<\/strong> of China was just 0.01 off the 100m breaststroke world record as she posted 1:02.37 in the semifinals of the short-course worlds in Budapest.<\/p>\n

The Olympic silver medallist fell just shy of the 1:02.36 WR set by Ruta Meilutyte<\/strong> in 20113 and subsequently matched by Alia Atkinson<\/strong> of Jamaica at Doha 2014 and two years later in Paris.<\/p>\n

Lilly King<\/strong> – who was bang on WR pace at halfway in the first semi – was second through in 1:03.23 followed by Evgeniia Chikunova<\/strong> – one of a large number of neutral athletes impacting outcomes in Budapest – with the Russian clocking 1:03.70, 0.01 ahead of British Olympic finalist Angharad Evans<\/strong> (1:03.71).<\/p>\n

Yuliya Efimova<\/strong> is second reserve after finishing 10th in 1:04.38 with Meilutyte 13th in 1:04.75.<\/p>\n

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Men’s 100m Breaststroke<\/h3>\n

Kirill Prigoda<\/strong> headed the men’s 100m breaststroke in 56.02 ahead of Qin Haiyang<\/strong> (56.04) and world record-holder Ilya Shymanovich<\/strong> (56.21).<\/p>\n

Joshua Yong<\/strong> of Australia set an Oceania record of 56.62 when finishing ninth and first reserve.<\/p>\n

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Women’s 100m Freestyle<\/h3>\n

Gretchen Walsh<\/strong> posted the second-fastest 100 free in history. The USA swimmer went 50.49 in the second semi to lower the championship record of 50.77 set by Emma McKeon<\/strong> at Melbourne 2022.<\/p>\n

It was also an American record although still 0.24 off the WR held by Cate Campbell<\/strong> since October 2022.<\/p>\n

Beryl Gastaldello<\/strong> of France (51.56) and Kate Douglass<\/strong> (51.67) were the next swiftest through in Budapest.<\/p>\n

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Men’s 100m Freestyle<\/h3>\n

Jordan Crooks<\/strong> appeared to be set for a tilt at the world record after posting 44.95 in prelims, 0.11 off Kyle Chalmers’<\/strong> global standard of 44.84 dating from October 2021.<\/p>\n

The Cayman Islands swimmer elevated himself to joint-third all-time with that performance and he returned to head the Budapest semis in 45.22.<\/p>\n

Jack Alexy<\/strong> of the USA will be in lane five alongside Crooks after going 45.29 with Egor Kornev<\/strong> next in 45.52 while Maxime Grousset<\/strong> (45.59) and Alessandro Miressi<\/strong> (45.69) – who won silver and bronze respectively at Melbourne 2022<\/strong> behind the absent Chalmers – also safely through.<\/p>\n