2024 Short Course World Championships
- December 10-15, 2024
- Duna Arena, Budapest, Hungary
- SCM (25m)
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Jordan Crooks smashed the world record in the 50 free with a time of 20.08, the latest in a string of world records to go down in the prelims at SC Worlds in Budapest.
The 22-year-old Cayman Islands swimmer blasted into the wall to take down the previous record of 20.16, set by Caeleb Dressel back in 2020, in the third-to-last heat in the preliminary session of the event.
Shaving .08 off of the record, Crooks also knocked .23 off of his previous lifetime best time of 20.31, posted in 2022.
Crooks was previously the 4th-fastest performer of all time in the 50 free and came into the meet seeded 23rd before launching himself to the top of the world rankings with his show-stopping performance.
Crooks also competed in the 100 free earlier this week, where he took 3rd overall in a time of 45.48 behind American Jack Alexy (45.38) and Brazil’s Guilherme Santos (45.47).
Both Alexy and Santos will join Crooks in the semifinals of the 50 free, with Alexy in the runner-up spot and Santos in 6th.
i just hope he can get it done in finals
I hope that he can go 19.9 in the semi finals. And to see his reaction after looking at the scoreboard. I remember when Joe Bottom was the first to break 20 in a 50 yard free which was a great feat at the time.
It will be interesting at the end of this magnificent meeting for each swimmer for his distance who received the 25,000 dollars to calculate the delta between his classification in short course (first) and his corresponding in long course (?).
20.0 converts to 18.0, which is what he went earlier this year. Hopefully he can drop another tenth and go 19.
19.9 incoming@
amazing the results you can get when you put world class swimmers in a permanent pool.
What’s the depth of this pool? Can we all agree that Duan Arena is the fastest pool?
Think I heard on the CBC broadcast it was 3m (compared to 2.2 m in Paris).
Incredible, the first ever world record holder from the Cayman Islands! So proud of you Jordan!