2024 SC World Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

2024 Short Course World Championships

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It’s a session for the sprinters as all but one event is 100 meters or less. We start with the finals of the 100 back, where Regan Smith and Hubert Kos will look to win gold out of lane 4. The USA’s Katharine Berkoff and the Canadian’s Ingrid Wilm and Kylie Masse safely advanced into tonight’s final and will be looking to earn a spot on the podium. Kos, a native of Hungary, will have the crowd behind him as he looks to counter the early speed of Miron Lifintsev and the backhalf of Kacper Stokowski.

Sandwiched in between our finals this evening are the semifinals of the 100 free and 100 breaststroke. Gretchen Walsh is the top seed in the 100 free but will have to be careful to not use too much energy as it’s a quick turnaround to the finals of the 50 fly.

After lighting up the field in the relay yesterday, the USA’s Jack Alexy was rather pedestrian this morning, qualifying for the 100 free semis in just 9th as Jordan Crooks, undercut the day-old championships record.

Angharad Evans and Kirill Prigoda lead the 100 breaststroke but will face stiff challenges from current WR holders Ruta Meilutyte and Ilya Shymanovich, as well as the USA’s Lilly King and China’s Qin Haiyang.

As previously mentioned, Gretchen Walsh will return to the water for the finals of the 50 fly, where she, like Noe Ponti in the men’s 50 fly, will look to break their own WRs again.

The fastest heat of the women’s 800 should be a barn burner, as Lani Pallister and Anastasiia Kirpichnikova will face stiff pressure from the USA’s Paige Madden and Katie Grimes.

The last event of the session, the mixed 4×50 relays, sees top-seeded Canada looking to hold off a Gretchen Walsh-less USA. Relay line-ups can be viewed here.

Day 1 Finals Schedule & Heat Sheet

Women’s 100 Backstroke – Finals

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Men’s 100 Backstroke – Finals

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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

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

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

Men’s 100 Breaststroke – Semifinals

Top 8

Women’s 50 Butterfly – Finals

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Men’s 50 Butterfly – Finals

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Women’s 800 Freestyle – Final Heat

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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

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