Watch: MacNeil Set 50 Back WR, Curzan and Borodin Crush WJRs (Day 5 Race Video)

2021 FINA SHORT COURSE SWIMMING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

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In an exciting 5th day of pool action at the short course world championships, one world record fell along with two world junior records. 

Canadian Maggie MacNeil had a fantastic race in the 50m backstroke, winning the event by almost a half second ahead of the field and shattering the world record in the process. Meanwhile, American Claire Curzan tied the WJR in the women’s 100 butterfly to enter tomorrow’s final seeded second behind MacNeil. On the men’s side, Russian Illia Borodin threw down a WJR in the 400 IM to pick up a silver medal in the event. The Canadian women closed out the night by nearly breaking the world record in the 4×200 freestyle relay. 

Men’s 4x 50m Medley Relay

Top 8 finishers:

1. (Tie) Russia/USA: 1:30.51 (CR)
2. —-
3. Italy: 1:30.78
4. Brazil: 1:31.91
5. Egypt: 1:32.56
6. Poland: 1:33.13
7. Norway: 1:34.13
8. Lithuania: 1:34.82

Video: ://aquatics.eurovisionsports.tv/details?id=61bdad08e4b03730b2d52990&type=vod

Women’s 200m Ind. Medley Final 

Top 8 finishers:

1. Sydney Pickrem (CAN): 2:04.29
2. Yiting Yu (CHN): 2:04.48
3. Kate Douglass (USA): 2:04.68
4. Melanie Margalis (USA): 2:06.02
5. Bailey Andison (CAN): 2:06.13
6. Ilaria Cusinato (ITA): 2:06.92
7. Maria Ugolkova (SUI): 2:07.26
8. Seoyeong Kim (KOR): 2:09.94

Video: https://aquatics.eurovisionsports.tv/details?id=61c051e6e4b0c496c8862712&type=vod

Men’s 100m Freestyle Semi-Finals 

Top 8 finishers:

1. Alessandro Miressi (ITA): 45.58
2. Joshua Liendo (CAN): 46.29
3. Maxime Grousset (FRA): 46.35
4. Ryan Held (UA): 46.36
5. Sunwoo Hwang (KOR): 46.46
6. Vladislav Grinev (RUS): 46.49
7. Stan Jljnenburg (NED):46.60
8. Jack McMillan (IRL): 46.70

Video: https://aquatics.eurovisionsports.tv/details?id=61c05610e4b0c496c8862757&type=vod

Women’s 100m Butterfly Semi-Finals

Top finishers:

1. Margaret MacNeil (CAN): 55.45
2. Claire Curzan (USA): 55.64 (WJR)
3. Louise Hansson (SWE): 55.81
4. Torri Huske (USA): 56.13
5. Elena di Liddo (ITA): 56.21
6. Lana Pudar (BIH): 56.28
7. Anastasiya Shkurdai (BLR): 56.42
8. Farida Osman (EGY): 56.68

Video: https://aquatics.eurovisionsports.tv/details?id=61c05494e4b0c496c8862738&type=vod

Men’s 50m Butterfly Final

Top 8 finishers:

1. Nicholas Santos (BRA): 21.93
2. Dylan Carter (TTO): 21.98
3. Matteo Rivolta (ITA): 22.02
4. Szebasztian Szabo (HUN): 22.14
5. Grigori Pekarski (BLR): 22.35
6. Nyls Korstanje (NED): 22.39
7. Tom Shields (USA): 22.42
8. Oleg Kostin (RUS): 22.43

Video: https://aquatics.eurovisionsports.tv/details?id=61bed304e4b0dce84cfe250b&type=vod

Women’s 50m Freestyle Semi-Finals

Top 8 finishers:

1. Sarah Sjostrom (SWE): 23.30
2. Kasia Wasick (POL): 23.41
3. Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED): 23.54
4. Abbey Weitzeil (USA): 23.63
5. Mariia Kameneva (RUS): 23.74
6. Claire Curzan (USA): 23.80
7. Holly Barratt (AUS): 23.90
8. Silvia di Pietro (ITA): 23.94

Video: https://aquatics.eurovisionsports.tv/details?id=61c05bbae4b0b8d89e577fa5&type=vod

Men’s 50m Breaststroke Semi-Finals

Top 8 finishers:

1. Ilya Shymanovich (BLR): 25.55
2. Nic Fink (USA): 25.68
3. Nicolo Martinenghi (ITA): 25.87
4. Fabian Schwingenschlogl (GER): 25.94
5. Joao Gomes (BRA): 25.96
6. Yan Zibei (CHN): 26.18
7. (TIE) Arno Kamminga (NED)/Bernhard Teisthammer (AUT): 26.21
8. —–

Video: https://aquatics.eurovisionsports.tv/details?id=61c05f0be4b0c496c88627a6&type=vod

Women’s 50m Backstroke Final

Top 8 finishers:

1. Maggie MacNeil (CAN): 25.27 (WR)
2. Kylie Masse (CAN): 25.62
3. Louise Hansson (SWE): 25.86
4. Analia Pigree (FRA): 25.96
5. Maaike de Waard (NED): 25.99
6. Caroline Pilhatsch (AUT): 26.05
7. Holly Barratt (AUS): 26.18
8. Julie Kepp Jensen (DEN): 26.50

Video: https://aquatics.eurovisionsports.tv/details?id=61becf1ce4b03b0a8412250e&type=vod

Men’s 400m Ind. Medley Final

Top 8 finishers:

1. Daiya Seto (JPN): 3:56.26
2. Illia Borodin (RUS): 3:56.47 (WJR)
3. Carson Foster (USA): 3:57.99
4. Alberto Razzetti (ITA): 3:59.57
5. Kieran Smith (USA): 4:03.29
6. Eitan Ben Shitrit (ISR): 4:08.31
7. Brandonn Almeida (BRA): 4:08.77
8. Balazs Hollo (HUN): 4:11.26

Video (EuroVision): https://aquatics.eurovisionsports.tv/details?id=61c052fae4b0c496c8862720&type=vod

Video (via Jim Foster): https://youtu.be/210Y9SDo_J4

Women’s 100m Breaststroke Final

Top 8 finishers:

1. Qianting Tang (CHN): 1:03.47
2. Sophie Hansson (SWE): 1:03.50
3. Mona McSharry (IRL): 1:03.92
4. Alia Atkinson (JAM): 1:04.03
5. Molly Renshaw (GBR): 1:04.37
6. Nika Godun (RSF): 1:04.43
7. Kotryna Teterevkova (LTU): 1:04.64
8. Emily Escobedo (USA): 1:05.14

Video: https://aquatics.eurovisionsports.tv/details?id=61c0bd07e4b01cf67447bd2a&type=vod

Women’s 4x 200m Freestyle Relay

Top 8 finishers:

1. Canada: 7:32.96
2. USA: 7:36.53
3. China: 7:39.92
4. Russia: 7:42.46
5. Hungary: 7:47.04
6. Germany: 7:47.13
7. Brazil: 7:51.87
8. Hong Kong: 8:03.67

Video: https://aquatics.eurovisionsports.tv/details?id=61c060f2e4b0b8d89e577fcf&type=vod