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Let’s see how French Olympic champion and world record holder Leon Marchand fares in his events on day 2 of the 2024 World Cup in Incheon, Korea. Archive photo via Jack Spitser/Spitser Photography
Michael Andrew, 25, says that he’s heading home from the World Cups early after battling several days of illness while in Asia.
La terza e ultima tappa della Coppa del Mondo di Nuoto 2024 si svolgerà a Singapore questa settimana, chiudendo una serie di gare intense e spettacolari
After skipping the 200 IM in Incheon, which may have been a strategic error, is there a path back to the title for Kate Douglass in Singapore?
Olympic medalists Claire Weinstein (above) and Katie Grimes will join the lineup for the final stop of the 2024 Swimming World Cup in Singapore.
Kate Douglass and Regan Smith were once-again separated by a close margin, with Smith winning the Incheon leg of the World Cup over Douglass by .2.
After breaking the World Record in the 100 back, Regan grabbed an American Record in the 200 back – and the top prize for the Incheon stop of…
Kim Seo-yeong was responsible for two of the new National Records set at the Incheon stop of the Swimming World Cup this week.
Benvenuti al recap live della terza giornata di finali della Coppa del Mondo a Incheon dove si prospetta un’altra serata dalle grandi emozioni
October 25th, 2024
Buckle up for day 2 of the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Incheon, Korea as we have a full lineup of events about to unfold.
The likes of Leon Marchand of France, Daiya Seto of Japan, Kate Douglass of the United States and teammate Regan Smith will all be diving in chasing World Cup titles and cash this evening.
The host nation of South Korea will be cheering on its contenders, including Jo Hyunju in the women’s 200m free, Song Jaeyun in the women’s 100m back, Choi Dongyeoi in the men’s 50m breast, and a trio of men in the 100m free featuring Hwang Sunwoo.
GOLD – Mary-Sophie Harvey (CAN), 4:26.23
SILVER – Yu Yiting (CHN), 4:27.81
BRONZE – Tara Kinder (AUS), 4:29.02
The first win of the night went to 25-year-old Mary-Sophie Harvey of Canada, hitting an impressive outing of 4:26.23 to take this woman’s 400m IM.
This is Harvey’s 2nd consecutive World Cup victory in this event, having topped the podium last week in Shanghai. She was much quicker this time around with her previous effort checking in at 4:28.03.
Her time tonight represents a new lifetime best, beating her previous PB of 4:26.42 registered back in 2016. She remains Canada’s 5th-fastest performer in history.
Runner-up status went to Yu Yiting of China who notched 4:27.81 while Australia’s Tara Kinder rounded out the podium in 4:29.02. The Aussie’s result sliced nearly a second off her previous career-quickest of 4:29.78 put up at last month’s Australian Short Course Championships.
As for Yu, the 19-year-old’s result is also a new PB, easily overtaking the 4:29.74 logged in 2022. She’s now the #2 Chinese performer in history, sitting only behind national record holder Ye Shiwen and her monster Asian Record of 4:23.33 from 2012.
GOLD – Pieter Coetze (RSA), 22.80
SILVER – Isaac Cooper (AUS), 23.10
BRONZE – Thierry Bollin (SUI), 23.20
It was a mild upset tonight in this men’s 50m back as South Africa’s Pieter Coetze got to the wall first ahead of last week’s winner and World Cup record-setter Isaac Cooper of Australia.
20-year-old Olympic finalist Coetze’s time of 22.80 here registered a new South African national record and African continental record of 22.84 put up at the 2022 Short Course World Championships where he finished 5th.
Cooper settled for silver this evening in 23.10, well off the 22.58 WC Record set in Shanghai while Swiss swimmer Thierry Bollin rocketed up from his 7th seed to land on the podium in 23.20 for bronze. Bolliin’s result was only .10 shy of his national record.
GOLD – Siobhan Haughhey (HKG), 1:51.02
SILVER – Brittany Castelluzzo (AUS), 1:54.11
BRONZE – Milla Jansen (AUS), 1:54.98
With top-seed Harvey dropping the final, the water was clear for 26-year-old Siobhan Haughey of Hong Kong to have her way with this women’s 200m free final.
Haughey blasted a huge 1:51.02 to come within a second of the World Cup Record of 1:50.32 Sweden’s Olympic champion Sarah Sjostrom logged in 2017. Haughey of course owns the World Record outright with a PB of 1:50.31 from 2021.
Haughey repeated as winner from Shanghai where she was a tad slower in 1:51.46.
A pair of Aussies wrangled up the minor medals, with Brittany Castelluzzo turning in a time of 1:54.11 while 17-year-old Milla Jansen also impressed with 1:54.98 as the only other sub-1:55-second swimmer of the field.
Tea Tree Gully’s Castelluzzo’s result erased her former PB of 1:54.82 from last month’s Australian SC Championships while Bond’s Jansen also reaped a new personal best with her time tonight.
In fact, Jansen’s 1:54.98 checks in as a new Aussie Age Record for 17-year-old girls, overtaking Kylie Palmer’s mark of 1:55.11 from 2007.
GOLD – Leon Marchand (FRA), 1:50.91
SILVER – Duncan Scott (GBR), 1:51.25
BRONZE – Daiya Seto (JPN), 1:52.36
The reigning Olympic champion in this 200m IM, Leon Marchand of France, did not disappoint, putting up a super solid time of 1:50.91 to deny 2 other Olympic medalists the gold.
The former Arizona State University champion was 3rd after the opening 50 but worked his magic to overtake Great Britain’s Duncan Scott and Daiya Seto of Japan to score his 2nd consecutive victory.
Last week in Shanghai the Frenchman registered a quicker 1:50.30 for a new World Cup, French and European and he remains the sole swimmer under 1:51 in the event so far.
Scott’s 1:51.25 this evening was just a hair slower than the 1:51.08 which garnered him identical silver last week. He owns the British Record of 1:50.98 put up at the 2023 European Short Course Championships.
Seto is making his World Cup debut, hitting 1:52.36 to snag the bronze. Look for Seto to give Marchand a run for his money in the 400m IM tomorrow.
Of note, newly-minted 50m fly World Record holder Noe Ponti of Switzerland was originally entered in this 2IM but scratched the prelims.
GOLD – Regan Smith (USA) – 54.41 *WORLD RECORD
SILVER – Ingrid Wilm (CAN) – 56.14
BRONZE – Beata Nelson (USA), 56.41
And our first World Record of the night went down, courtesy of American Olympic multi-medalist Regan Smith.
Smith ripped a lifetime best of 54.41 to slice .15 off Kaylee McKeown‘s former mark of 54.56 put on the books last month at the Australian Short Course Championships.
Tonight Smith split 12.96/13.71/13.83/13.91 to make her statement swim and earn backstroke queen status at this World Cup. As a reminder, McKeown raced on day one of Shanghai last week after making the decision to withdraw from the remainder of the entire circuit due to mental health reasons.
Canada’s Ingrid Wilm scored silver tonight in 56.14 while fellow American Beata Nelson earned bronze in 56.41.
GOLD – Qin Haiyang (CHN), 25.76
SILVER – Ilya Shymanovich (NIA), 25.78
BRONZE – Choi Dongyeol (KOR), 26.05
Slower than last week in Shanghai, 25-year-old Qin Haiyang of China still managed to repeat as gold medalist in this men’s 50m breaststroke.
This evening the LCM 200 breaststroke World Record holder stopped the clock at 25.76 whereas his time of 25.38 last week scored a new Chinese national record.
Ilya Shymanovich of Belarus, racing as an independent athlete here, snagged silver in 25.78, also slower than the 25.51 from stop #1. Shymanovich was the top seed out of this morning’s heats in 25.68.
Korea captured its first medal of the evening, with Choi Dongyeol bagging bronze in 26.05, a new national record. The prior standard stood at the 26.37 Moon Jae-kwon put on the books at the 2021 Short Course World Championships.
GOLD – Kate Douglass (USA), 24.73
SILVER – Sara Junevik (SWE) 25.27 & Lily Price (AUS), 25.27
BRONZE –
American Kate Douglass ran away with the victory in this women’s 50m fly, registering the sole time of the field under the 25-second threshold.
The newly-minted 200m breaststroke World Record holder from last night showed her versatility with strong performance of 24.73
Last week in Shanghai, 22-year-old Douglass produced a time of 24.54, slicing .01 off of countrywoman Claire Curzan‘s national record of 24.55 logged in 2021. That performance slid Douglass into slot #4 among the top women’s SCM 50 butterfly performers in history.
21-year-old Lily Price of Australia earned a new personal best of 25.27 en route to silver, tying Swedish ace Sara Junevik who turned in an identical time.
Top 5 Women’s SCM 50 Fly Performers All-Time
GOLD – Jamie Jack (AUS), 46.48
SILVER – Hwang Sunwoo (KOR), 46.60
BRONZE – Pieter Coetze (RSA), 46.74
Australian Jamie Jack put up a new personal best of 46.48 to grab the gold in this men’s 100m free final.
Splitting 10.50/11.76/12.25/11.97, the Aussie took two tenths off his best time of 46.67 done in Shanghai in the first stop in the series. In total, he has hacked nearly a half second off his previous career-quickest performance of 46.91 from last month’s Australian SC Championships. That previous effort represented the St. Peters Western swimmer’s first-ever foray under the 47-second barrier, showing a sharp, upward progression.
Jack, the brother of Olympian Shayna Jack, wasn’t chosen for the Australian team for SC Worlds, but his results so far in the World Cup indicate that he would have been an upgrade for that squad.
After barely making it into tonight’s final as the 8th seed (47.42), Olympian Hwang Sunwoo of the host nation soared up to the runner-up position, clocking 46.60. He owns the Korean national record at 46.34, a time he produced at the 2021 Short Course World Championships.
Coetze of South Africa collected his 2nd medal of the evening after winning the men’s 50m back. Coetze clocked 46.74, just off his PB of 46.59 from last week at the Shanghai stop.
GOLD – Tang Qianting (CHN), 1:02.82
SILVER – Alina Zmushka (NISA), 1:04.12
BRONZE – Sophie Angus (CAN), 1:05.41
The women’s 100m breast World Record was once again on notice during the final, with 20-year-old Tang Qianting coming within striking distance en route to gold.
Tang, who earned silver in the LCM version of this event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, crushed a result of 1:02.82. That fell less than half a second off of Lithuanian Ruta Meilutyte and Jamaican Alia Atkinson’s shared World Record of 1:02.36 thrown down in multiple years.
Tang was faster last week, with her time of 1:02.53 shaving .13 off her own Chinese and Asian record of 1:02.66 established just last month at the Chinese National Short Course Championships.
Belarusian Alina Zmushka came into the wall at 1:04.12 for silver as an independent athlete, almost overtaking her personal best and Belarusian record of 1:04.07 from 2022 while Canadian Sophie Angus secured bronze in 1:05.41. She’s now the 5th-fastest Canadian woman in history in this event.
GOLD – Trenton Julian (USA), 1:51.00
SILVER – Chad Le Clos (RSA), 1:51.07
BRONZE – Alberto Razzetti (ITA), 1:52.23
It was a close affair in the final event of the evening, with the top 2 men’s 200m fly performers touching within just .07 of one another
USA’s Trenton Julian got the job done for gold, hitting 1:51.00 to maintain his win streak from last week where he touched in 1:51.24.
South Africa’s Chad Le Clos, 32 years of age, was runner-up in 1:51.07 to bring his monster World Cup medal haul total to 228.
Italy’s Alberto Razzetti raced his in his 2nd event tonight, following up his 200m IM 4th place performance with a bronze here in 1:52.23. He was faster in 1:51.88 last week for bronze.
Interesting: Pan is going to swim the 800 instead of the 200 tomorrow. Is he in his aerobic phase now?
Must be
Lol Pan went slower in SCM at this meet than he did in LCM at the Olympics
Kate Douglas a world record in 200 meter breaststroke and winning the 50 meter fly. Who says breaststrokers can’t do butterfly.
Nobody?
MA 50 fly and breast world medalist, 50 point 100 flyer, 100 breast us record
Dressel fly curriculum speaks for itself and was a 100 breast scy record
Or, you know, Leon Marchand, Olympic champion in the 200 fly and 200 breast.
You’re right!
I could I forget such a recent and incredible event/acomplishment 😅
It’s usually backstroke that breasstrokers can’t do and that holds true for Douglass.
I think it’s usually breaststrokers can’t do backstroke!
So, it boils down to a Day 3 showdown. Kate Douglass (7/7) swimming the W 200 IM versus Regan Smith swimming the W 200 BK.
DANG IT ILYA
STOO THE DRUGYANG
STOP THE STEAL
Meanwhile, Michael Andrew sits 27th overall in the men’s standings.
https://www.worldaquatics.com/competitions/3431/world-aquatics-swimming-world-cup-2024/rankings?scoringId=02027afc-0831-48c4-b871-21dcc4d520fb&eventCountry=
I guess that is what happens when you just practice in the Fountain Valley Country Club pool sometimes.
Yo mama so ugly that when she joined instagram, everyone switched to TikTok!
Points Total thru Day 2?
YES REGAN
(she would’ve lost if Kaylee was in that race though)
So in reality you’re not happy for Regan.
He’s very happy for Regan
(Happy for her that Kaylee didn’t show up)
KD and Regan being best friends is the most powerful friendship ive ever seen
my fantasy is that regan does a private 1-on-1 backstroke clinic with KD for a month and KD comes out of it the best IMer in the world.
And simultaneously Regan does a private “breaststroke for non breaststrokers” clinic with KD and comes out of it the best IMer in the world also.
we sure Regan wants to add on IM? Also how good is her freestyle even.
She’s been a 1:57 LC and SCY 1:43 in the 2 free. I’d think if she worked on it more, she could be faster than that.
Save the W 400 IM for the teenagers, Bognar & Grimes.
You forgetting that she has been a 2:08.4, and had a faster LCM PB than Kate for a couple months? Comparing her splits to Kate’s 200 IM PB from trials, she’s .7 slower on fly, 2 seconds faster on back, 3 seconds slower on breast, and actually a tenth faster on free.
(Just noticed that Kate’s Olympic final splits are basically the same on fly & free, and a second slower on back but 0.8 faster on breast)
Former Masters swimmer and coach Loretta (Retta) thrives on a non-stop but productive schedule. Nowadays, that includes having earned her MBA while working full-time in IT while owning French 75 Boutique while also providing swimming insight for BBC.
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