2024 SHORT COURSE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
- December 10-15, 2024
- Duna Arena, Budapest, Hungary
- SCM (25m)
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The men’s 200 IM might have been the first non-world record of the evening, but it wasn’t without excitement. American Shaine Casas won his first world title, breaking Ryan Lochte’s 12-year-old American Record by twelve-one-hundredths of a second.
Casas, who trains at Texas with Bob Bowman, was out in first and just got faster, winning the event by over a second in 1:49.51. Two months ago, he would have broken the World Record in the event, but today he has to settle for 2nd fastest ever, and fastest American.
Ryan Lochte has held the previous American Record since the 2012 Short Course Worlds in 1:49.63. This was also the World Championship Record until Casas’ swim tonight. His time was one of the oldest world-records on the books, until last month when Leon Marchand went 1:48.88 at the Singapore leg of the World Cup.
Split Comparison
| Lochte 2012 (Old American and Championship Record) | Marchand 2024 (World Record) | Shaine Casas (New American Record |
| 23.71 | 23.76 | 23.13 |
| 50.74 (27.03) | 50.42 (26.66) | 50.80 (27.67) |
| 1:22.48 (31.74) | 1:21.60 (31.18) | 1:22.50 (31.70) |
| 1:49.63 (27.15) | 1:48.88 (27.28) | 1:49.51 (27.01) |
Casas was out faster than Marchand and Lochte on the fly leg, but he was not able to match Marchand’s middle 100 speed.
The big difference maker between Casas and Lochte was that last 50, where Casas went fourteen-one-hundredths faster, allowing him to break the American and Championship record by twelve-one-hundredths.
His swim tonight marks only the 3rd time in history someone has been under 1:50, and the 2nd fastest swim ever.
Top 5 Performances All-Time
- Leon Marchand, France – 1:48.88 (2024)
- Shaine Casas, United States – 1:49.51 (2024)
- Ryan Lochte, United States – 1:49.63 (2012)
- Ryan Lochte, United States – 1:50.08 (2010)
- Matthew Sates, South Africa – 1:50.15 (2022)
Thank you American Shane Casais for an awesome job!!!
I’m glad that you got your confidence back!!! Breaking records!!!,👍✔️👍😆
So happy for him 👏
This is awesome! Way to go big dog!
Soon we will se a new rivalry like lotche x Phelps and its gonna he marchand x casas in the 200 im. I’m surprise how casas doesnt have a weak stroke, his breast was insane. Another thing that always amaze me is how strong was marchand back split, even though its considered his weak stroke.
Out of all the records broken in this session, this was not one that was on the cards for me
Say hi to America’s TOP G Shaine Casas.
Bob working wonders for Shaine’s mental and physical capabilities. Meanwhile…
Carson has the 400 IM left to prove he’s capable of delivering a gold-worthy swim outside of the Lee and Joe Jamail TSC in Austin otherwise it’s looking very unlikely he’ll ever break through for an individual gold (despite probably having the talent for it)
what about 4 free?
Outside chance at making the podium at best, much better at 400 IM
If I’m wrong on that 400 Free prediction feel free to clown me somewhere
Ceccon and Milak are great examples of swimmers who by your logic you’d expect to suck in LCM, only…
Fosters fine
I mean…. short course 200IM feels like a tough one to suddenly make sweeping claims, it’s never been his best event….he just finished higher at SCM worlds in 200IM than he ever did at NCAAs in it.
Put bro on both medleys and 4×200 free relay