2024 SWISS CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Thursday, April 4th – Sunday, April 7th
- Uster, Switzerland
- LCM (50m)
- Meet Central
- Live Results
- Livestream
Race can be seen starting around 1:44, however, the stream is still live
We already saw Noe Ponti of Switzerland rip a new record of 22.91 in the heats of the men’s 50m butterfly this morning in Uster but the 22-year-old took things even further in tonight’s final.
Ponti’s morning effort marked the Olympic medalist’s first-ever foray under the 23-second barrier in the event, knocking down his national record of 23.04 from the 2022 World Championships.
Flash forward to this evening’s main event and Ponti found another gear, one swift enough to scorch a final time of 22.65.
That sets the Swiss ace further apart in the season’s world rankings, with the next-clostest swimmer that of American Michael Andrew who is #2 in 22.94.
2023-2024 LCM Men 50 Fly
PONTI
22.65
| 2 | Nyls KORSTANJE | NED | 22.90 | 04/05 |
| 3 | Roman SHEVLYAKOV | RUS | 22.92 | 04/18 |
| 4 | Michael ANDREW | USA | 22.94 | 02/11 |
| 5 | Andrei MINAKOV | RUS | 22.97 | 04/18 |
Ponti also bounced onto a prestigious list of all-time performers, inserting himself in slot #6, bumping Aussie Matt Targett out of the top 10.
Top 10 Men’s LCM 50 Butterfly Performers All-Time
- Andrii Govorov (UKR) – 22.27, 2018
- Caeleb Dressel (USA) – 22.35, 2019
- Rafael Munoz (ESP) – 22.43 – 2009
- Nicholas Santos (BRA) – 22.60, 2019
- Oleg Kostin (RUS) – 22.62, 2023
- Noe Ponti (SUI) – 22.65, 2024
- Milorad Cavic (SRB) – 22.67, 2009
- Thomas Ceccon (ITA) – 22.68, 2023
- Henrique Martins (BRA) – 22.70, 2017
- Maxime Grousset (FRA) – 22.72, 2023
Ponti, who was named European Aquatics’ 2023 Male European Swimmer of the Year, has been in fine form thus far this year.
He turned in a time of 50.93 in the 100m fly during the Giant Open Series in France last month to come within striking distance of his best-ever. His career-quickest mark remains at the 50.74 which garnered him the bronze medal at the 2020 Olympic Games.
50.16 WTF
Wtf alright. Might take sub 50 to get on the podium.
Athletes knocking on the door of sub 50:
50.14 Grousset
50.16 Ponti
50.25 Temple
50.34 Liendo
Already there:
49.45 Dressel
49.68 Milak
Could we even see a sub 50 miss the podium?
Noe after breaking the record in the morning:
Well that’s quite a statement. The 100 fly is starting to get really crowded at the very top. Could we maybe see a whole podium sub 50 for the first time?
oh dressed u are dust
Ponti may be able to go under 50s in 100fly.
Very capable. This is really shaping up as a top-shelf race in Paris. Aside from 100 free and possibly the 800/1500, can’t think of another one where the WR is in view and at the same time there are so many legit contenders. Milak is hard to peg, but off the cuff, to me the pecking order looks like Dressel, Milak, Ponti, Temple, Grousset, Liendo, Rose… Kharun and Minakov might have a realistic goal of going 50-low. Same for Heilman& Casas who won’t even swim the 100 in Paris unless they go bananas at OTs. I’m not even listing a few guys who were under 51 last summer and are probably legit podium contenders.
Michael Andrew has been 50.6 from a flat start.
MA would be lucky to go 50.6 on a 50 fly at this point.
Not even a top 100 swimmer in the rankings
What’s particularly impressive about that is how good Ponti is at the 200 fly. The only other name on that list who’s even tried a 200 fly (at least a reportable one that I know of) is Dressel.
Michael Andre had certainly swim the 2Fl. Pretty sure he had age group records in it (along with almost every other event)
2m fly you mean
Noe Ponti knows how to show up in Olympic year
Need him to play possum for a while longer so his odds remain low come Olympic time. Give us +1500 like Schooling was!