WATCH: Race Videos From FINA Paris-Chartes World Cup

2016 FINA WORLD CUP: CHARTRES-PARIS

Friday, August 26th – Saturday, August 27th
L’Odyssée – Chartres, France
Prelims 3:30am EST/Finals 11:00am
Short Course Meters (25m) pool
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FINA has posted race videos of most events from the Paris World Cup on its YouTube page. You can check them out below.

Here are the two world record swims:

Vlad Morozov – 100 IM

In a stellar start to the new season at the 2016 FINA World Cup stop in Chartres, Russian rocket Vlad Morozovblasted his way into the World Record books in the SCM 100 IM. Morozov swam the race in 50.60 seconds, clipping the previous mark of 50.67 set by Markus Deibler at the 2014 Short Course World Championships.

In setting the World Record, Morozov was over a second ahead of anyone else in the field, as 2nd place went to Germany’s Philip Heintz in 51.87. Check out the video of Vlad’s new World Record below, courtesy of FINA’s YouTube channel.

Morozov wasn’t far off the record with his previous best, which he set at 50.77 back in 2014 at the Vladmir Salnikov Cup. In Chartres, he took it out at almost the same speed as he had before, but the difference maker was his 2nd 50, which he improved to a 27.50.

SPLITS COMPARISON:

SWIMMER	1ST 50	2ND 50	TIME
Morozov 2016	23.10	27.50	50.60
Deibler 2014	23.32	27.34	50.77
Morozov 2014	23.06	27.71	50.66

Along with the prize money for winning the race, Morozov’s swim earned him a $10,000 bonus check for the World Record, giving him a grand total of $11,500 for a single swim. Coupled with his win in the men’s 100 free earlier in the session, Morozov brought home $13,000 for that day.

Alia Atkinson – 100 breast

Kicking off the season at the 2016 FINA World Cup stop in Chartres, Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson swam the women’s 100 breaststroke in World Record fashion. Atkinson’s winning time of 1:02.36 tied the World Record, which she already shared with Lithuania’s 2012 Olympic Champion Ruta Meilutyte.

Meilutyte initially set the World Record in this race at 1:02.36 in 2013 at the FINA World Cup stop in Moscow, before Atkinson went on to match the time at the 2014 FINA World Cup stop in Doha.

In Chartres, Atkinson opened the race with a 29.33 split at the 50, which is faster than the front half of either of the aforementioned swims. However, she was just over a tenth slower on the 2nd half, closing in 33.03 to tie the record.

Other events:

Men’s 50 Free