2022 Short Course World Championships Day 3: United States Has a Big Day

2022 FINA SHORT COURSE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Day 3 Finals Live Recap Post

The United States saw success on multiple levels on day three of the FINA Short Course World Championships where the nation topped the podium 5 times.

Although the stars n’ stripes were winless in both the men’s and women’s 100m freestyle events, they came back strong to make it a 1-2 punch in the women’s 200m fly, courtesy of Dakota Luther and Hali Flickinger.

Olympic champion Lilly King did her thing to secure the top spot in the women’s 100m breast while Nic Fink followed suit in the men’s race. Kieran Smith also did damage in the men’s 400m free before the women clinch 4x50m free relay gold.

Day one saw the United States take one gold medal out of the six events, while day two saw the nation reap 3 golds. Tonight was the United States’ best overall performance yet, with their 5 gold medals representing 56% of the possible golds in medal-contending races.

THE PODIUMS

Women’s 100m freestyle

  1. GOLD: Emma McKeon (Australia) – 50.77 (Championship Record)
  2. SILVER: Siobhan Haughey (Hong Kong) – 50.87
  3. BRONZE: Marrit Steenbergen (Netherlands) – 51.25

Men’s 100m freestyle

  1. GOLD: Kyle Chalmers (Australia) – 45.16 (Championship Record)
  2. SILVER: Maxime Grousset (France) – 45.41
  3. BRONZE: Alessandro Miressi (Italy) – 45.57

Women’s 200m butterfly

  1. GOLD: Dakota Luther (United States) – 2:03.37
  2. SILVER: Hali Flickinger (United States) – 2:03.78
  3. BRONZE: Elizabeth Dekkers (Australia) – 2:03.94

Men’s 200m butterfly

  1. GOLD: Chad le Clos (South Africa) – 1:48.27
  2. SILVER: Daiya Seto (Japan) – 1:49.22
  3. BRONZE: Noe Ponti (Switzerland) – 1:49.42

Women’s 100m breaststroke

  1. GOLD: Lilly King (United States) – 1:02.67
  2. SILVER: Tes Schouten (Netherlands) – 1:03.90
  3. BRONZE: Anna Elendt (Germany) – 1:04.05

Men’s 100m breaststroke

  1. GOLD: Nic Fink (United States) – 55.88
  2. SILVER: Nicolo Martinenghi (Italy) – 56.07
  3. BRONZE: Adam Peaty (Great Britain) – 56.25

Men’s 400m freestyle

  1. GOLD: Kieran Smith (United States) – 3:34.38
  2. SILVER: Thomas Neill (Australia) – 3:35.05
  3. BRONZE: Danas Rapsys (Lithuania) – 3:36.26

Women’s 4x50m freestyle relay

  1. GOLD: United States – 1:33.89 (Championship Record)
  2. SILVER: Australia – 1:34.23
  3. BRONZE: Netherlands – 1:35.68

Men’s 4x50m freestyle relay

  1. GOLD: Australia – 1:23.44
  2. SILVER: Italy – 1:23.48
  3. BRONZE: Netherlands – 1:23.75

DAY 3 WORLD JUNIOR RECORDS

DAY 3 NATIONAL RECORDS – RELAYS

  • American women’s 4x50m freestyle relay – 1:33.89
  • Australian women’s 4x50m freestyle relay – 1:34.23
  • Australian men’s 4x50m freestyle relay – 1:23.44
  • Japanese men’s 4x50m freestyle relay – 1:23.80
  • Spanish men’s 4x50m freestyle relay – 1:24.83

DAY 3 NATIONAL RECORDS – INDIVIDUAL WOMEN’S

DAY 3 NATIONAL RECORDS – INDIVIDUAL MEN’S

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