{"id":625129,"date":"2025-10-24T15:47:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T22:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=625129"},"modified":"2025-10-25T07:17:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T14:17:10","slug":"world-cup-toronto-day-two-finals-kaylee-mckeown-pops-aussie-record-in-100-backstroke-hubert-kos-stays-unbeaten-in-backstroke-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-cup-toronto-day-two-finals-kaylee-mckeown-pops-aussie-record-in-100-backstroke-hubert-kos-stays-unbeaten-in-backstroke-action\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup Toronto – Day Two Finals: Kaylee McKeown Pops Aussie Record in 100 Backstroke; Hubert Kos and Josh Liendo Shine"},"content":{"rendered":"

World Cup Toronto – Day Two Finals: Kaylee McKeown Pops Aussie Record in 100 Backstroke; Hubert Kos Stays Unbeaten in Backstroke Action<\/strong><\/p>\n

With each stop of the World Cup circuit, performances improved and athletes took aim at various records. Now, with the series conducting its final leg in Toronto, we\u2019re seeing the best of what swimmers have to offer in the short-course pool.<\/p>\n

The second night in Canada will feature finals in 12 events and try to match the excitement of Night One, when Canadian Josh Liendo (100 butterfly) and Hungarian Hubert Kos (200 backstroke) produced world-record efforts. Their marks made it seven world records during this year\u2019s World Cup, as one global standard was set in Carmel (Ind.) and four were recorded in Westmont (Ill.).<\/p>\n

On Friday night, Liendo will be in action in the 100 freestyle while Kos will look for his third straight circuit victory in the 50 backstroke. On the women\u2019s side, American Regan Smith and Australia\u2019s Kaylee McKeown will meet in the 100 backstroke, an event in which Smith tied her world record last week.<\/p>\n

Here is what unfolded during the second evening of finals in Toronto:<\/p>\n