2024 SC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
- December 10-15, 2024
- Duna Arena, Budapest, Hungary
- SCM (25m)
- Meet Central
- Roster Index
- SwimSwam Preview Index
- Pick’em
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results
- Prelims Live Recap: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6
- Finals Live Recap: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6
- Complete final results (PDF)
Kate Douglass was one of three American women who earned 7 medals in Budapest last week, amassing 5 individual medals and breaking 4 world records. Douglass emphasized that because the United States largely trains and competes in yards, the world doesn’t often get to see just how good Americans can be in short course. So when USA does compete in short course meters… this happens.
I don’t get this whole “USA doesn’t compete in SCM” thing. The entirety of FINA World Cup Circuits, all of ISL, and World Championships every two years, not to mention the dual meets that used to happen regularly.
Most *local* meets are done in SCY or LCM, sure. But like… almost every country that *does* have SCM only competes it for half the season locally anyway (rest is LCM), and not during the championship part of the season anyway (again, that’s done in LCM for a reason), so like… is the comparison here like 5 months worth of mere local/national warm-up/early-season SCM meets?