Watch: Noe Ponti Shatters 50 Butterfly WR (Again), Other Race Videos from Day 2 of SC Worlds

2024 Short Course World Championships

• December 10-15, 2024
• Duna Arena, Budapest, Hungary
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Through day 2 of the 2024 SC World Championships, records continued to tumble. In the men’s 50 butterfly, Noe Ponti reset his own World Record with a dazzling time of 21.32 to win the event by a half second. In just over 1 minute of racing at these championships, Ponti has now earned $70,000 in bonuses.

Several championship records also fell on day 2. In the women’s 100 backstroke, Regan Smith claimed her first SC Worlds title with a time of 54.55, setting a new Championship Record in the event, while scaring her own World Record. Gretchen Walsh also took down the Championship Record in the women’s 100 freestyle, swimming a time of 50.49. In the final individual event of the night, Lani Pallister dropped a 8:01.95 to win the women’s 800 freestyle, another new Championship Record.

Women’s 100 Backstroke – Finals

• World Record: 54.27 – Regan Smith, USA (2024)
• World Junior Record: 55.75 – Bella Sims, USA (2022)
• World Championship Record: 55.03 – Katinka Hosszu, HUN (2014)
• 2022 SC World Champion: Kaylee McKeown, AUS – 55.49

Podium

1. Regan Smith (USA) – 54.55 ***NEW CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD***
2. Katharine Berkoff (USA) – 54.93
3. Ingrid Wilm (CAN) – 55.75
4. Iona Anderson (AUS) – 56.08
5. Anastasiya Shkurdai (NAA) – 56.11
6. Kylie Masse (CAN) – 56.21
7. Carmen Weiler Sastre (ESP) – 56.39
8. Louise Hansson (SWE) – 56.52

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Men’s 100 Backstroke – Finals

• World Record: 48.33 – Coleman Stewart, USA (2021)
• World Junior Record: 48.90 – Kliment Kolesnikov, RUS (2017)
• World Championship Record: 48.50 – Ryan Murphy, USA (2022)
• 2022 SC World Champion: Ryan Murphy, USA – 48.50

Podium

1. Miron Lifintsev (NAB) – 48.76 ***NEW WORLD JUNIOR RECORD***
2. Hubert Kos (HUN) -48.79
3. Kacper Stokowski (POL) – 49.16
4. Pavel Sumusenko (NAB) – 49.20
5. Blake Tierney (CAN) – 49.39
6. Lorenzo Mora (ITA) – 49.54
7. Isaac Cooper (AUS) – 49.60
8. Ruard van Renen (RSA) – 49.61

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Women’s 100 Freestyle – Semifinals

• World Record: 50.25 – Cate Campbell, AUS (2017)
• World Junior Record: 51.45 – Kayla Sanchez, CAN (2018)
• World Championship Record: 50.77 – Emma McKeon, AUS (2022)
• 2022 World Champion: Emma McKeon, AUS – 50.77

Top 8

1. Gretchen Walsh (USA) – 50.49 ***NEW CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD***
2. Beryl Gastaldello (FRA) – 51.56
3. Kate Douglass (USA) – 51.67
4. Daria Klepikova (NAB) – 51.68
5. Siobhan Haughey (HKG) – 51.83
6. Freya Anderson (GBR) – 52.07
7. Kasia Wasick (POL) – 52.28
8. Milla Jansen (AUS) -52.31

Semi-Final 1 Video:

Semi-Final 2 Video:

Men’s 100 Freestyle – Semifinals

• World Record: 44.84 – Kyle Chalmers, AUS (2021)
• World Junior Record: 45.64 – David Popovici ROU (2022)
• World Championship Record: Kyle Chalmers, AUS (2022)
• 2022 World Champion: Kyle Chalmers, AUS – 45.16

Top 8

1. Jordan Crooks (CAY) – 45.22
2. Jack Alexy (USA) – 45.29
3. Egor Kornev (NAB) – 45.52
4. Maxime Grousset (FRA) – 45.59
5. Alessandro Miressi (ITA) – 45.69
6. Guilherme Santos (BRA) – 45.86
7. Chris Guiliano (USA) – 46.08
8. Tomas Navikonis (LTU) – 46.09

Semi-Final 1 Video:

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Women’s 100 Breaststroke – Semifinals

• World Record: 1:02.36 – Ruta Meilutyte, LTU (2013)/Alia Atkinson, JAM (2014, 2016)
• World Junior Record: 1:02.36 – Ruta Meilutyte, LTU (2013)
• World Championship Record: 1:02.36 – Alia Atkinson, JAM (2014)
• 2022 World Champion: Lilly King, USA – 1:02.67

Top 8

1. Tang Quinting (CHN) – 1:02.37
2. Lilly King (USA) – 1:03.23
3. Evgeniia Chikunova (NAB) – 1:03.70
4. Anghard Evans (GBR) – 1:03.71
5. Eneli Jefiomva (EST) – 1:03.80
6. Alina Zushka (NAA) – 1:03.89
7. Rebecca Meder (RSA) – 1:04.04
8. Lotryna Teterevkova (LTU) – 1:04.15

Semi-Final 1 Race Video:

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Men’s 100 Breaststroke – Semifinals

• World Record: 55.28 – Ilya Shymanovich, BLR (2021)
• World Junior Record: 56.66 – Simone Cerasuolo, ITA (2021)
• World Championship Record: 55.70 – Ilya Shymanovich, BLR (2021)
• 2022 World Champion: Nic Fink, USA – 55.88

Top 8

1. Kirill Prigoda (NAB) – 56.02
2. Qin Haiyang (CHN) – 56.04
3. Ilya Shymanovich (NAA) – 56.21
4. Taku Taniguchi (JPN) – 56.40
5. Aleksandr Zhigalov (NAB) – 56.50
6. Denis Petrashov (KGZ) – 56.52
7. Caspar Corbeau (NED)/Ludovico Viberti (ITA) – 56.60

Semi-Final 1 Race Video: No video available at this time

Semi-Final 2 Race Video: No video available at this time

Women’s 50 Butterfly – Finals

• World Record: 23.94 – Gretchen Walsh, USA (2024)
• World Junior Record: 24.55 – Claire Curzan, USA (2021)
• World Championship Record: 23.94 – Gretchen Walsh, USA (2024)
• 2022 SC World Champion: Torri Huske, USA & Maggie MacNeil, CAN – 24.64

Podium

1. Gretchen Walsh (USA) – 24.01
2. Beryl Gastaldello (FRA) – 24.43
3. Alexandria Perkins (AUS) – 24.68
4. Arina Surkova (NAB) -24.84
5. Tessa Giele (NED) – 24.87
6. Melanie Henique (FRA) – 24.89
7. Maaike de Waard (NED) – 24.98
8. Lily Price (AUS) – 25.06

Men’s 50 Butterfly – Finals

• World Record: 21.43 – Noe Ponti, SUI (2024)
• World Junior Record: 22.28 – Ilya Kharun, CAN (2022)
• World Championship Record: 21.43 – Noe Ponti, SUI (2024)
• 2022 SC World Champion: Nicholas Santos, BRA – 21.78

Podium

1. Noe Ponti (SUI) – 21.32 ***NEW WORLD RECORD***
2. Ilya Kharun (CAN) – 21.67
3. Nyls Korstanje (NED) -21.68
4. Szebasztian Szabo (HUN) – 22.00
5. Michele Busa (ITA) – 22.01
6. Grigori Pekarski (NAA) – 22.06
7. Teong Tzen Wei (SGP) – 22.11
8. Marius Kusch (GER) – 22.17

Women’s 800 Freestyle – Final Heat

• World Record: 7:57.42 – Katie Ledecky, USA (2022)
• World Junior Record: 7:59.44 – Li Bingjie, CHN (2018)
• World Championship Record: 8:02.90 – Li Bingjie, CHN (2021)
• 2022 World Champion: Lani Pallister, AUS  – 8:04.07

Podium

1. Lani Pallister (AUS) – 8:01.95 ***NEW CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD***
2. Isabel Gose (GER) – 8:05.42
3. Katie Grimes (USA) – 8:05.90
4. Paige Madden (USA) – 8:07.22
5. Simona Quadarella (ITA) – 8:09.39
6. Anastasiia Kirpichnikova (FRA) – 8:15.16
7. Ajna Kesely (HUN) – 8:18.04
8. Gan Ching Hwee (SGP) – 8:18.85

Race Video: No video available at this time

Mixed 4×50 Medley Relay – Final

• World Record: 1:35.15 – United States (2022)
• World Championship Record: 1:35.15 – United States (2022)
• 2022 World Champion: United States – 1:35.15

Podium

1. Neutral Athlete B (M. Lifintsev, K. Prigoda, A. Surkova, D. Trofimova) – 1:35.36
2. Canada (K. Masse, F. Knox, I. Kharun, I. Wilm) – 1:35.94
3. USA (S. Casas, M. Andrew, R. Smith, K. Berkoff) – 1:36.20
4. Australia – 1:36.78
5. Italy – 1:36.80
6. Sweden – 1:37.05
7. Japan – 1:37.29
8. Netherlands – 1:37.41

Race Video: No video available at this time