Corbeau Doubles Up At World Cup On “Three and a Half Weeks so far of Training” After Illness

2025 Swimming World Cup – Carmel

• October 10-12,2025
• Carmel, Indiana
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Dutch breaststroker Caspar Corbeau made an emphatic mark at the first World Cup stop in Carmel, sweeping the men’s 100 and 200breaststroke despite having logged just three and a half weeks of full training.

The 24-year-old, who recently began training under Mark Faber in Belgium, capped his weekend with a 2:01.63 victory in the 200 breaststroke, setting a new U.S. Open Record and holding off long course world Champion Leon Marchand, who reset his own French Record in the same race.

“It feels pretty good, but the 50 is not my strong suit,” Corbeau said to World Aquatics after winning the 200 breast. “Being able to make the podium is pretty special, along with a PB, so I’m over the moon. I always knew Leon would be there in the end. I was just trying to suit my own race — get out fast, and hold on.”

The performance comes after somewhat of an eventful stretch for Corbeau. He began training in late August, only to fall ill twice and lose two weeks of preparation. He resumed around September 15th before heading to altitude camp in Colombia, meaning his World Cup performances came after little more than three and a half weeks of full training.

“I started training around the last week of August,” he explained. “Then I got really sick and was out for a week. I was back for a few days and then got really sick again and I was out for another week.”

Corbeau opened his World Cup campaign with a win in the 100 breaststroke, posting 56.67. Though he called the evening race “a little bit more sloppy,” after touching in 56.26 in prelims, he still managed to edge past Ilya Shymanovich, who finished 2nd in 57.18, showing flashes of the form that earned him a spot in an Olympic final in Paris.

He later managed to capture his first Dutch Record in the 50 breast, winning silver in 25.78 to become the 10th fastest European ever.

“Training short course meters is a little bit more difficult because I’m really oriented towards the long course pool with how long my strokes are and how well I glide. So it’s always a little bit of an adjustment.”

Now based in Belgium, Corbeau said he’s finally settling into a steady setup after several seasons of training moves between the United States and Europe.

“I’ve done a lot of moving around, but I think this should be the place for me for the next few years,” he said. “This has been pretty special and they’ve helped me make the adjustment in my training.  It’s been really good.”