2024 SHORT COURSE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
- December 10-15, 2024
- Duna Arena, Budapest, Hungary
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British sprinter Ben Proud, the top seed in the 50 free for this week’s Short Course World Championships, has withdrawn from the meet. That leaves the meet with none of the top six finishers in the 50 free from the Olympic Games in attendance.
Proud joins a parade of high-profile swimmers who originally registered for this meet but have since withdrawn. That includes other individual Olympic medalists like Torri Huske of the USA, Kaylee McKeown of Australia, and Leon Marchand of France, all citing various versions of the Olympic hangover and needing to focus on training/mental recovery.
Proud won an Olympic silver medal behind Australian Cam McEvoy in the 50 free at the Olympics.
| Rank | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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 Australia |
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 Great Britain |
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 France |
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 Canada |
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 Greece |
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 United States |
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| 7 | 3 | Leonardo Deplano |  Italy |
21.62 | |
| 8 | 6 | Jordan Crooks |  Cayman Islands |
21.64 | NCAA |
Proud was the World Short Course Champion in the 50 free in 2021 and the runner-up in the last edition in 2022. The defending champion is Jordan Crooks of the Cayman Islands, who is still entered in this meet.
Hungary’s Szebasztian Szabo is the new top seed, followed by South Korea’s Ji Yuchan and Australia’s Isaac Cooper.
Proud was also entered in the 50 fly.
There is at least $2.1 million in prize money up-for-grabs at the 2024 World Short Course Swimming Championships.
$2.1 million is crazy money for a B meet!
It’s a 50 bro
I’ve actually been tapped as an alternate in case more people drop out. Haven’t raced since Region VIII Sectionals in 2020, but I think I’ve got a solid shot at some prize money if this keeps up.
Michael Mouse championship
The sky is blue
Really sad. The best training is racing. Wonder why you don’t make money swimming? It is because you don’t show up to these competitions! It’s not rocket science
Leonardo Deplano, Alessandro Miressi this is your time!
You gotta show up to win. Someone’s going to make a new name for themselves at this meet!
Forreal.
We’ll have a big staff there ready to make these folks stars.
I just finished day three of volunteering. I am working in sports presentation on the pool deck. Where will your staff be, I would love to say hello to them.
Mostly in the mixed zone, I presume. Aglaia and Sofia.
Awesome. I will stop and say hi.
At this point, swimming is basically an intramural sport