Katerine Savard Downs Canadian Record In 50 Fly Final
Canadian Katerine Savard swam to a sixth place finish in the final of the 50m butterfly in order to race to a new Canadian record, taking down Noemie Thomas’ 25.60 record that she set at the 2012 SC World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey.
2016 Short Course World Championships – Day 4 Prelims Live Recap
American Olympic gold medalist Lilly King will try to fend off reigning world champion and world record holder Alia Atkinson of Jamaica in the women’s 100m breaststroke heats this morning in Windsor.
Great Britain Forgoes 4×200 Free Relay, Opening Spot For Belgium
Great Britain earned the 8th and final spot in tonight’s 4×200 freestyle final (men), but they’ve scratched out of the event, giving Belgium a shot to make a move.
Japanese Break Men’s 4×50 Free National Record, Qualify 3rd For Finals
The Japanese men surged to a new national record this morning in the 4x50m freestyle relay in order to take the third seed overall heading into finals, putting them in the mix for a medal with the likes of the United States and Russia.
Javier Acevedo Resets Canadian, Junior World Records In 50 Back
Javier Acevedo broke the Canadian 50 back record leading off the mixed medley relay in 23.58.
Penny Oleksiak Breaks Canadian Record Again En Route To Bronze
Penny Oleksiak broke the Canadian national record in the 100m freestyle for the third time at these championships as she stretched into the wall in third to take home the bronze medal.
2016 Short Course World Championships: Day Three Prelims Photo Vault
All photos are courtesy of Mike Lewis
2016 Short Course World Championships: Day 3 Finals Preview
The men’s 100 fly final is slated for tonight, which will feature a highly anticipated matchup between South Africa’s Chad Le Clos and Team USA’s Tom Shields.
Kelsi Worrell Becomes First American Under 25-Seconds In SCM 50 Fly
Kelsi Worrell became the first American woman to break 25-seconds in the short course meters version of the 50m butterfly with a 24.94 performance to take the top seed after this morning’s heats.
WATCH: Park Taehwan Talks Championship Record Swim In 200 Free
Indeed, Park Tae Hwan of South Korea cooked out some outside smoke from lane 1, emerging as the leader after the first 50, and holding on the rest of the way to win a new championship record time of 1:41.03.
2016 Short Course World Championships: Day Two Finals Photo Vault
Day two finals proved to be just as exciting as the first night of competition. The host nation, Canada, earned two more medals, the United States women’s 4×50 medley relay broke a world record, and Katinka Hosszu earned two individual titles.
Penny Oleksiak Downs 100 Free Canadian Record For Second Time Today
Penny Oleksiak garnered cheers from the crowd after she broke the Canadian national record in the 100m freestyle for the second time today in order to win the seco
Kylie Masse Breaks 50 Back Canadian Record Leading Off Medley Relay
Kylie Masse broke her Canadian Record in the 50 back leading off Canada’s medley relay tonight.
Leah Smith Tops Heats With Fastest Ever 800 By An American
Leah Smith put on a clinic in heat four of the 800m freestyle, winning her heat by over an entire 25 in order to claim the top spot heading into finals and drop the fastest 80 ever swum by an American woman.
2016 Short Course World Championships – Day 2 Prelims Live Recap
America’s Kelsi Worrell claimed the women’s 200m butterfly top seed this morning, becoming the 3rd fastest American ever in the event in the process.
