Ireland Resets Men’s and Women’s National Records in 4×100 Medley Relays
Mona McSharry swam breaststroke for the Irish women’s 4×100 medley relay this morning, helping set one of two national records from day eight’s prelims.
Ariarne Titmus Clocks New Aussie, Oceanian Records For 800 Free Silver
Ariarne Titmus of Australia earned the silver in the women’s 800m free to go with her 400m free gold and 200m free silver here in Paris.
Summer McIntosh Breaks Katinka Hosszu’s 200 IM Olympic Record, #3 Swim All-Time With 2:06.56
McIntosh broke the World Junior record and Canadian Records as well, swimming the #3 performance of all-time.
Sarah Sjostrom Breaks Olympic Record With 23.66 50 Free In Semifinals, #3 Performance All-Time
Sjostrom heads into the final as the top seed by half a second. She broke the previous record of a 23.81 that Emma McKeon swam in Tokyo.
Leon Marchand Breaks Michael Phelps’ Olympic Record With 1:54.06 200 IM
Leon Marchand breaks his own European and French national records as well. He moved up from holding the #12 performance to the #2 performance all-time.
Nyls Korstanje Hits Dutch 100 Fly Record En Route To Capturing Fourth Seed
Nyls Korstanje of the Netherlands notched a new national record en route to snagging the 4th seed in tonight’s men’s 100m butterfly.
Kaylee McKeown Breaks Missy Franklin’s Olympic Record With 2:03.73 200 Backstroke
Kaylee McKeown broke Missy Franklin’s Olympic Record that stood since 2012. McKeown has the 200 IM semifinal at the end of the night.
French Quartet Rewrite Record Books & Qualifies for the Final in Mixed Medley Relay
France’s Yohann Ndoye-Brouard posted a new personal best in the 100 back of 52.48 as he led his relay to a new national record of 3:43.99 to qualify in 7th for the final tomorrow.
Proud, Chalmers, Popovici Come to Pan Zhanle’s Defense After Questions Over World Record
“It’s a huge drop, it’s fantastic, and it shouldn’t be questioned,” British sprinter Ben Proud said of Pan Zhanle’s world record in the 100 freestyle (46.40).
Summer McIntosh Sets New Olympic Record With 2:03.03 200 Butterfly, #2 Performer All-Time
Summer McIntosh broke her own Canadian Record and became the #2 performer all-time in the women’s 200 butterfly en route to gold.
Kate Douglass Breaks Own American Record With 2:19.24 To Win Olympic Gold
Douglass won her first individual gold touching first in the 200 breaststroke, breaking her American Record that she swam in January.
Australian Women Break Olympic Record With 7:38.08 4×200 Free Relay
Ariarne Titmus had the fastest split of the night with a 1:52.95 on the anchor leg, securing the win and the record for Australia.
Pieter Coetze Breaks Super-Suited African Record With 1:55.60 200 Back
Coetze’s swim knocked off the 15-year-old record of 1:55.75 set by fellow South African George du Rand at the 2009 World Championships in Rome.
Watch: Michael Phelps Reacts to Leon Marchand Chasing Down Kristof Milak in 200 Butterfly
“Nobody believe that I was able to do the things that I was trying to do, right?” Phelps said. “But I did, deep down inside. And same thing for [Marchand].”
Jordan Crooks Lowers Own Cayman Islands National Record; First to Make 50 Free Semis
Crooks scorched 21.51 to break his own record by 0.22-seconds and qualify 2nd. He is the first athlete from the Cayman Islands to make a 50 free semi.
