2024 WORLD AQUATICS SWIMMING WORLD CUP-SHANGHAI
- Friday, October 18th – Sunday, October 20th
- Shanghai, China
- Prelims at 9:30 am local (9:30 pm ET previous night)/Finals at 6:30 pm local (6:30 am ET)
- SCM (25m)
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The 2024 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup series got underway today from Shanghai and right off the bat Australian Kaylee McKeown made some of her usual noise in the women’s backstroke.
Racing in the final of the 50m back, 23-year-old McKeown unleashed a new personal best of 25.36 to reap the gold.
Her time established a new World Cup Record, as well as a new Australian national and Oceanic record in the process.
American Regan Smith, McKeown’s international rival across all backstroke events, settled for silver this evening in 25.70 while Canada’s Ingrid Wilm bagged the bronze in 26.08. Smith’s result represents a new lifetime best.
Entering this competition, McKeown’s career-quickest rested at the 25.40 she notched just last month at the Australian Short Course Championships.
That effort overtook the 25.61 Olympic champion Mollie O’Callaghan put on the books at the 2022 Short Course World Championships. Prior to that, McKeown’s best stood at the 26.00 turned in at the 2020 Queensland Virtual Short Course Championships.
McKeown also destroyed the previous World Cup Record of 25.81 Dutch Olympian Kira Toussaint registered in 2021.
With tonight’s performance, McKeown remains the #2 performer of all-time, sitting only behind World Record holder Maggie MacNeil, the Canadian Olympic gold medalist who recently announced her retirement. MacNeil’s WR also represents the current Commonwealth Record
Top 10 Women’s SCM 50 Backstroke Performers All-Time
- Maggie MacNeil (CAN) – 25.25, 2022
- Kaylee McKeown (AUS) – 25.36, 2024
- Mollie O’Callaghan (AUS) – 25.49, 2022
- Claire Curzan (USA) – 25.54, 2022
- Marila Kameneva (RUS) – 25.60, 2022
- Kira Toussaint (NED) – 25.60, 2020
- Kylie Masse (CAN) – 25.62, 2021
- Etiene Medeiros (BRA) – 25.67, 2014
- Sanja Jovanovic (CRO) – 25.70, 2009 & Regan Smith (USA) – 25.70, 2024
- Olivia Smoliga (USA) – 25.74,2020
From Kaylee’s latest instagram post, sounds like she’s going to take a break after today and cut her plan to swim all 3 stops short.
I am the senate
Nice to see that Maggie’s time from ‘22 is still the benchmark!!! She was a heluva swimmer when you look at her times in retrospect.
Winning is in the Kaylee’s blood. She just continues to impress.
Will have to watch the race once it’s uploaded to YouTube. The Eurovision app isn’t available for Android TV, and I hate to watch sporting events on my laptop.
The winning streak continues.
her consistency is insane. she never ceases to amaze me.
I think I just expect her to win but would still love her if she didn’t.