Gastaldello Turns Up Heat with 57.43 100 IM As 3rd Fastest Performer Ever

  12 Retta Race | November 10th, 2020

2020 INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING LEAGUE – MATCH #10

It was quite a day for French swimmer Beryl Gastaldello, as the 25-year-old speedster clinched 3 individual event victories on day 2 of International Swimming League (ISL) match #10.

After hitting a new French national record en route to capturing a monster 19 points for her LA Current team in the 100m free, Gastaldello kept her foot on the gas for the 100m IM, hitting a lifetime best of 57.43.

Today marked the first time the Texas A&M alum raced the event but she managed to clock the fastest time in ISL history to take over the former record of 57.74 set by last year’s MVP Sarah Sjostrom. Gastaldello’s winning time here also overtook the previous French national record in the event, which stood at the 58.67 Charlotte Bonnet put on the books in 2018.

Splits for Gastaldello’s swim included 26.33/31.10 to grab that 57.43, while Sjostrom had hit 26.41/31.33 for the former ISL record of 57.74, displaying how Gastaldello split relatively the same way, just with a little more overall heat. She now becomes the 3rd fastest performer all-time in this SCM 100 IM.

  1. Katinka Hosszu (HUN) – 56.51, 2017 Berlin
  2. Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) – 57.10, 2017 Moscow
  3. Beryl Gastaldello (FRA) – 57.43, 2020 Budapest

Gastaldello’s 3rd victory today came in the 50m fly where she posted a time of 25.30 here in Budapest. For her efforts, Gastaldello fell just 1.0 shy of taking the match MVP title, an honor earned by Cali Condor Caeleb Dressel when all was said and done.

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Swimmer
4 years ago

Where can I rewatch?

Monteswim
Reply to  Swimmer
4 years ago
Swimmer
4 years ago

Imagine the officials start dqing in the final

swimfin5
4 years ago

Cheating is like doping. Trying to get an advantage to your competitors outside the rule book.

swimmer
4 years ago

CHEATER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CRD
4 years ago

shame she did it the way she did it tho.. she is an amazing sprinter and could probably be really good in the 100 im without the cheating too.

Dolphinovich
4 years ago

She should kiss Dolphinovich

swimfin5
4 years ago

This is just a mess. She is an amazing athlete but when you cheat to be the best it just makes me angry. She should not be on this list with skipping breaststroke in the 100IM.

Last edited 4 years ago by swimfin5
FLSwimmer
Reply to  swimfin5
4 years ago

What on earth are you talking about?

**Edit** I hadn’t watched the match but saw the comments on the live recap. I take back my statement

Last edited 4 years ago by FLSwimmer
Hswimmer
Reply to  FLSwimmer
4 years ago

She clearly dolphin kicked several times

FLSwimmer
Reply to  Hswimmer
4 years ago

On the pullout or the swim or into the breast to free turn? Or all of the above lol

Andreas
Reply to  FLSwimmer
4 years ago

Just rewatch the race bruh