2022 Short Course World Championships Day 2 Digest

2022 FINA SHORT COURSE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Day 2 Live Recap Post

Day two of the 2022 FINA Short Course World Championships brought the heat, with two more World Records and numerous national records biting the dust before all was said and done. Catch up on the highs and lows of the day with our quick hits list from Melbourne, Australia.

The All-Stars

Nicholas Santos (BRA)

At 42 years of age, Nicholas Santos of Brazil broke his own record as the oldest world champion in history. Tonight Santos repeated as the victor of the men’s 50m butterfly  And, he did it with one of the fastest times ever recorded.

Santos stopped the clock in a time of 21.78 to get to the wall first ahead of Swiss Olympic medalist Noe Ponti and tonight’s 3rd place finisher Szebasztian Szabo of Hungary. Ponti secured silver in 21.96 while Szabo was right there in 21.98 to round out the top 3.

Santos’ 21.78 effort falls just .03 outside of his own World Record mark of 21.75 from 2018, a record he shares with Szabo who also logged a 21.75 in 2021.

Ryan Murphy (USA)

American Olympian Ryan Murphy put up a statement-making swim tonight in the men’s 100m backstroke. 

27-year-old Murphy crushed a time of 48.50 for gold, beating the next-closest swimmer by over half a second. Italy’s Lorenzo Mora was next to the wall in 49.04 for silver while host nation swimmer Isaac Cooper rounded out the top 3 in 49.52 for bronze.

Murphy’s 48.50 not only topped the podium, however, but the time also overtook the previous Championship Record. That mark stood at the 48.95 Russian Stanislav Donetc put on the books over a decade ago in 2010.

His sub-49 second record also enters the all-time rankings in slot #2 with only fellow American Coleman Stewearts 48.33 World Record having been faster.

Kate Douglass (USA)

Once again American Kate Douglass made her presence known. throwing own a big-time split on the World Record-setting mixed medley relay.

Douglass raced the fly leg, crushing a split of 24.09. That outing was .29 seconds faster than the women’s 50m fly record to help the U.S. land atop the podium in a historic result of 1:35.15.

Jordan Crooks (CAY)

The Cayman Islands’ Jordan Crooks put up a new lifetime best to land lane 4 for tomorrow night’s 100m freestyle final.

In this evening’s semi-final, the 20-year-old Tennessee swimmer logged a big-time 45.55, slicing .06 off his prelims performance of 45.61.

Remarkably, Crooks’ opening 50m also broke the Cayman Islands’ national record as well. That former standard stood at the 21.70 Brett Fraser put on the books in 2013.

Less Than Their Best

Australians’ Mixed Medley Relay

Although Australia clocked a new World Record in the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay to end the night, the nation’s day didn’t begin so successfully.

The Aussie mixed medley lineup of Bradley Woodward (23.87), Grayson Bell (26.17), Alexandria Perkins (25.51) and Meg Harris (23.86) wound up finishing 10th in a tie of 1:39.41 and, therefore, out of the final.

Germany & The Netherlands Mixed Medley Relays

Germany was seeded 2nd while the Netherlands was ranked 4th heading into tonight’s mixed medley relay final, with each nation capable of landing on the podium.

However, both Germany and Netherlands wound up being disqualified for false starts. Marius Kusch had a -0.06 reaction time on the third leg of Germany’s relay, while Thom de Boer had a -0.04 reaction on the anchor for the Netherlands.

The Podiums

Mixed Medley Relay

  1. GOLD: United States – 1:35.15 (WORLD RECORD)
  2. SILVER: Italy – 1:36.01
  3. BRONZE: Canada – 1:36.93

Women’s 800m Free

  1. GOLD: Lani Pallister (Australia) – 8:04.07
  2. SILVER: Erika Fairweather (New Zealand) – 8:10.41
  3. BRONZE: Miyu Namba (Japan) – 8:12.98

Women’s 100m Backstroke

  1. GOLD: Kaylee McKeown (Australia) – 55.49
  2. SILVER: Mollie O’Callaghan (Australia) – 55.62
  3. BRONZE: Claire Curzan (United States) – 55.74 (Tie)
  4. BRONZE: Ingrid Wilm (Canada) – 55.74 (Tie)

Men’s 100m Backstroke

  1. GOLD: Ryan Murphy (United States) – 48.50 (Championship Record)
  2. SILVER: Lorenzo Mora (Italy) – 49.04
  3. BRONZE: Isaaac Alan Cooper (Australia) – 49.52

Women’s 50m Butterfly

  1. GOLD: Torri Huske (United States) – 24.64 (Tie)
  2. GOLD: Maggie MacNeil (Canada) – 24.64 (Tie)
  3. BRONZE: Zhang Yufei (China) – 24.71

Men’s 50m Butterfly

  1. GOLD: Nicholas Santos (Brazil) – 21.78 (Championship Record)
  2. SILVER: Noe Ponti (Switzerland) – 21.96
  3. BRONZE: Szebasztian Szabo (Hungary) – 21.98

Women’s 800m Free Relay

  1. GOLD: Australia – 7:30.87 (World Record)
  2. SILVER: Canada – 7:34.47
  3. BRONZE: United States – 7:34.70

DAY 2 WORLD RECORDS

DAY 2 WORLD JUNIOR RECORDS

DAY 2 NATIONAL RECORDS – RELAYS

DAY 2 NATIONAL RECORDS – INDIVIDUAL WOMEN’S

DAY 2 NATIONAL RECORDS – INDIVIDUAL MEN’S

 

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Canadianh2oooooo
1 year ago

Macneils 50 fly was also a Canadian record

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