Noe Ponti on Dressel’s 100 Fly WR: “I thought that would be an impossible record to break”

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.