Swimming WA World Cup 2025

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7 hours ago, Josh said:

Wish this was LC instead of SC 

it will be in 2027/2028, when it will be an olympic qualifier, I guess

 

imho, it's a better show in SC in this period of the year, when not all the swimmers are in great shape (SC can hide a bit that, since it's mainly start & turns, especially in the shorter distances)

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day #1 of the Toronto stage and already 2 new world records! 

 

Hubert Kos improved  Mitchell Larkin's previous mark in the men's 200m backstroke by half a second, swimming the distance in 1.45.12

 

Home favourite  Josh Liendo, instead, is the new world record holder over the men's 100m fly, after swimming an amazing 47.68 and dethronizing  Noè Ponti

 

 Lani Pallister almost got to  Summer McIntosh's world record in the women's 400m free, stopping the clock at 3.51.87, only 1.5 secs behind the Canadian superstar (not participating to this event due to illness)

 

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it's raining world records in Toronto!

 

on Friday,  Molly O'Callaghan wrote history in the women's 200m free, improving her own one-week young WR up to 1.49.36 

 

on Saturday, no less than 6 new world records were established in the Canadian pool 

 

it all started with  Hubert Koss swimming an unbelievable 48.16 in the men's 100m backstroke

 

then, it was time for  Lani Pallister to set a new mark over the women's 800m free (7.54.00, cancelling Katie Ledecky's record by 3.5 secs), followed by the usual show by  Gretchen Walsh, who swam 55.10 over her beloved 100m fly

 

the 4th record was set by  Kaylee McKeown in the women's 200m backstroke, improving her own mark up to 1.57.33

 

the new world record number #5 came in the men's 200m breaststroke, where  Caspar Corbeau became the first man to swim the distance below the 2-min mark (1.59.52).

In the same race,  Shin Ohashi was 2nd and established the new junior world record in 2.02.03

 

finally, the icing on the cake:  Kate Douglass became the first woman in history to swim the ladies' 100m free below the 50-sec mark, covering the distance in 49.93 

 

p.s. check that pool! it must be shorter than 25m...there can't be so many WRs in an early season meet