2024 WORLD AQUATICS SWIMMING WORLD CUP-SHANGHAI
- Friday, October 18th – Sunday, October 20th
- Shanghai, China
- Prelims at 9:30 am local (9:30 pm ET previous night)/Finals at 6:30 pm local (6:30 am ET)
- SCM (25m)
- Meet Central
- Event Schedule
- Entries Book
- Live Results
We entered day one of the first stop of the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Shanghai, China and Swiss ace Noe Ponti wasted no time making his presence known.
Racing in the final of the men’s 100m fly, 23-year-old Ponti fired off a new lifetime best and European Record of 48.40 to get to the wall first and grab the gold.
Dutchman Nyls Korstanje registered a new Dutch national record of 49.24 as tonight’s silver medalist while South Africa’s Chad Le Clos landed on the podium in 49.72 for bronze.
Entering this competition, the European Record stood at the 48.47 Ponti put on the books en route to becoming European champion at the 2023 European Short Course Swimming Championships.
Comparing his splits, Ponti attacked the back half slightly more aggressively this time around to make up the .07 speed difference.
| Ponti’s New European Record – 48.40 | Ponti’s Old European Record – 48.47 |
| 10.64 | 10.45 |
| 12.35 | 12.23 |
| 12.51 | 12.76 |
| 12.90 | 13.03 |
Ponti’s 48.40 European Record keeps the Olympic medalist ranked as the 3rd-fastest man in history in this 100m fly event.
Top 5 Men’s SCM 100 Butterfly Performers All-Time
- Caeleb Dressel (USA) – 47.78, 2020
- Chad Le Clos (RSA) – 48.08, 2016
- Noe Ponti (SUI) – 48.40, 2024
- Tom Shields (USA) – 48.47, 2023
- Evgenii Korotyshkin (RUS) – 48.48, 2009
For Korstanje’s part, the former NC State standout’s 49.24 sliced .25 off his own previous Dutch record of 49.49 logged in 2022.
Le Clos’ bronze adds to his overall World Cup medal haul, bringing his total to an astonishing 226.
Dressel sat on his couch watching this and gave a soft chuckle. And then he started wondering why nobody else bothers to practice jumping or underwaters