2024 SC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
- December 10-15, 2024
- Duna Arena, Budapest, Hungary
- SCM (25m)
- Meet Central
- Roster Index
- SwimSwam Preview Index
- Pick’em
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results
- Prelims Live Recap: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6
- Finals Live Recap: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6
- Complete final results (PDF)
At the short course world championships in Budapest, Noe Ponti accomplished what many, including himself, had once thought was unthinkable: breaking a Caeleb Dressel world record. In the 100 fly final, Ponti dipped under Dressel’s 4-year-old mark of 47.77, touching for gold in 47.71.
The only one that really seems impossible to break is the men’s 800m free LCM.
Piersol’s 200BK, Zhang’s 800FR, Sjostrom’s 50FL, Peaty’s 100BR, and the French’s World Best in the 4x50FR SCM (merely wasn’t a ratifiable “world record” event back when it was swum) are the four I consider to be “unbreakables”
Although a couple more might have been set at this year’s SCM WCs lol
Not sure the 50FL is out of reach of Gretchen.
I think it’s out of reach for now. But probably not in a few years.
Piersol’s 200 back only appears unbreakable because the event seems to be stuck in a rut.
10+ years ago, Lochte/Clary/Irie/Larkin all got within 1 to 1.5 seconds. But whilst the 100 back field has made a huge leap forward since that time, the 200 has stagnated.
If 2012 Irie had the underwaters of 2012 Lochte then he breaks that WR.
If we had a 400 bk event, I believe that WR would be gone by now. “To swim for the 200, you have to train for the 400”
who the hell is breaking Dressel’s 100 IM? Ponti had the meet of his life and missed by over a second
Marchand was untapered and went 49.9, not completely impossible with training and taper
I really want this guy to win the 100 fly in LA28
Won’t be easy.
Winning an Olympic gold medal rarely is
I can see how that WR does seem impossible but then again Ponti can go 21 low in 50 fly so it isn’t crazy that he broke it.
Crazy that he’s 0.7s faster than Dressel in the 50 🤯
Game recognizes game, he’s been a class act from the start
So likeable. Wish him all the best