International

Summer McIntosh Wins Northern Star Award, Awarded To Top Canadian Athlete

McIntosh became the first Canadian to ever win three gold medals at a single Olympics. Penny Oleksiak was the last swimmer to win the award (2016).

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Noe Ponti: “I can break as many WRs as I want, but Importance is to swim fast tomorrow”

Although Ponti was pleased with the new personal best, he has his eyes on the prize.

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Poland Earns First-Ever Relay Medal At Short Course Worlds With Bronze In Men’s 4×100 Free

Ksawery Masiuk had a big split on the third leg in finals to help move the Polish relay from 5th to 3rd, earning the country their first relay medal.

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2024 SC World Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

After breaking the WR this morning in the 50 fly, Gretchen Walsh returned to the pool to break the record again swimming sub-24.

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SCY Is Good For Something: US Women Hold 10 Out Of 23 SCM World Records

Kate Douglass and Gretchen Walsh each spent four years in the collegiate system (SCY) and hold two SCM World Records.

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Kate Douglass’s Speed Powers the USA to a World Record (SC Worlds Day 1 Relay Analysis)

Kate Douglass doubled down on her freestyle prowess using it to come from behind and the win the 200 IM and to get the relay off to an explosive start.

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Lani Pallister Swims 3:53.73 To Break Ariarne Titmus’ 400 Freestyle Oceanian Record

Lani Pallister returned to the Short Course Worlds 400 freestyle podium, swimming a 3:53.73 for the silver medal and an Oceanian record.

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U.S. Women Swim 3:25.01 To Break Australia’s World Record In The Women’s 4×100 Freestyle Relay

Douglass, Berkoff, Shackell, and Walsh nearly brought the women’s 4×100 free relay world record sub-3:25, swimming 3:25.01 for gold and a world record.

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Jack Alexy Breaks American Record On Lead-Off As U.S. Men Shatter 4×100 Free Relay WR

Jack Alexy ripped a time of 45.05 in the 100 free on the lead-off leg as the Americans shattered the world record in the 4×100 free relay.

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Gretchen Walsh Hits Stunning 23.94 To Become First Woman Sub-24 In 50 Fly

The American superstar blasted her way to a time of 23.94, re-breaking her world record and putting her 44 one-hundredths clear of anyone else in history.

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Watch Every World Record From The First Finals Session At 2024 Short Course Worlds

Catch up on an electric first finals session at the 2024 Short Course Worlds with race videos of all the world records that went down this evening.

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Gretchen Walsh on 50 Fly WR in Semis: “I don’t know what I’m going to fix going into tomorrow”

Heading into the final tomorrow, Walsh said she’d just love to go a best time and win her first individual gold on the world stage.

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2024 SC Worlds Medal Table: Day 1 – US’s World Records Power Them to the Top of Table

Katharine Berkoff added another Gold medal to her impressive list of six SC Worlds Medals as the USA Tops the Medal table through one day of competition.

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Kate Douglass Erases Katinka Hosszu’s Decade-Old World Record In 200 IM

Douglass pulled away on the freestyle leg to finish in a time of 2:01.63, breaking Katinka Hosszu’s world record of 2:01.86 set in 2014.

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Shaine Casas Breaks Ryan Lochte’s American Record in the 200 IM at 2024 Worlds

Shaine Casas won his first world title in the men’s 200 IM at 1:49.51 and broke Ryan Lochte’s American Record in the process.

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