2021 INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING LEAGUE – SEASON 3, MATCH 2
- Saturday, August 28 – Sunday, August 29
- 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST (6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Local Time)
- Piscina Felice Scandone, Naples, Italy
- Short Course Meters (25m – SCM) Format
- ISL Season 3 Schedules, Start Times, and More
- Teams Competing: Cali Condors, LA Current, Tokyo Frog Kings, New York Breakers
- Omega Live Results
- Day 1 Recap
- Day 2 Preview
- Day 2 Start Lists
Coleman Stewart produced the first World Record of the 2021 ISL season on Sunday with a stunning 48.33 effort in the 100 meter backstroke, taking more than half-a-second from his previous lifetime best, set Saturday at 48.91, an American Record.
The 100 meter backstroke World Record Sunday is the first of Stewart’s career. Stewart spent the maximum of 60 meters underwater and only took 34 strokes in the race.
Stewart stroke count, 48.33:
- 1st 25: 8 strokes
- 2nd 25: 8 strokes
- 3rd 25: 8 strokes
- 4th 25: 10 strokes
- Total: 34 strokes
Kliment Kolesnikov, the former World Record holder in the event, took a total of 44 strokes when he went 48.58 in 2020. By comparison, Stewart made much better use of the underwaters.
Kolesnikov stroke count, 48.58:
- 1st 25: 10 strokes
- 2nd 25: 11 strokes
- 3rd 25: 11 strokes
- 4th 25: 12 strokes
- Total: 44 strokes
In the yards version of the race, Stewart is the 2nd-fastest performer all-time with a lifetime best of 43.62. In that race, Stewart took 7 strokes on the first 3 lengths and then 8 strokes on the final 25 yards, making for a mere 29 strokes total, once again maximizing his underwater dolphin kick.
Stewart’s 48.33 knocked 0.25 from Kolesnikov‘s 2020 World Record, set at the ISL Season 2 Final. Stewart’s swim also jackpotted the entire field, stealing all the points from the competition, resulting in a 37-point haul for the Cali Condors. Stewart’s 7-swimmer jackpot was the first in ISL history.
Video: Coleman Stewart Blasts 48.33 for 100 Backstroke World Record
Stewart was out in a blazing 23.45 and back in a 24.88. Yesterday, for comparison, Stewart turned in 23.94 and brought it home in 24.97.
SPLIT COMPARISON
STEWART VS. KOLESNIKOV
| STEWART, 2021 WR | KOLESNIKOV, 2020 WR | |
| 1st 50 | 23.45 | 23.80 |
| 2nd 50 | 24.88 | 24.78 |
| Total | 48.33 | 48.58 |
STEWART VS. STEWART
| STEWART, 2021 WR | STEWART – DAY 1 | |
| 1st 50 | 23.45 | 23.94 |
| 2nd 50 | 24.88 | 24.97 |
| Total | 48.33 | 48.91 |
TOP-10 PERFORMERS ALL-TIME
- Coleman Stewart, USA (2021) — 48.33
- Kliment Kolesnikov, RUS (2021) — 48.58
- Xu Jiayu, CHN (2018)/Evgeny Rylov, RUS (2020) — 48.88
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- Matt Grevers, USA (2015) — 48.92
- Nick Thoman, USA (2009) — 48.94
- Stanislav Donets, RUS (2010) — 48.95
- Arkady Vyatchanin, RUS (2009) — 48.97
- Mitch Larkin, AUS (2015) — 49.04
- Aschwin Wildeboer Faber, SPA (2009) — 49.05
Murphy has certainly heard of him
Underwater specialists have more opportunity to shine in the last 5 years than ever before.
Backstroke WR-holders? Manaudou, Stewart, Larkin, Toussaint, Atherton, McKeown. Only McKeown is a WR-level backstroker in long course. Only 5 of 34 individual events have the same WR holder in LC as SC – 100 fly (Dressel/Sjostrom), 200 IM (Lochte/Hosszu) and men’s 200 free (Biedermann).
the 5th stroke is strong with this one. damn. Also wow… all 4 of those walls were CLOSE calls. Power to him – clearly its a well-polished routine there that is working with remarkable accuracy.
Does the ISL follow the same drug testing protocols as FINA?
Remember Minna Atherton?
Minna had a silver medal at 2019 LC World Championships. She was just off since 2020.
Underrated performance. Now I wonder what he can throw down in the fly events this month as well.
48.4 and 51.5 lcm free and fly. Watch out 2022
That was awesome. He was just flying through the water.
Would shaving the stache take off more time?
If you’re scrunching your lips to your nose on every underwater to hold your breath like he probably does, the mustache probably doesn’t cause any drag whatsoever
In my experience a thick mustache makes this tactic a recipe for water up your nose
First WR in a stache since Spitz.