2024 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup – Incheon Day 3 Prelims Live Summary

WORLD AQUATICS SWIMMING WORLD CUP 2024 – INCHEON

There have already been several world records at the 2024 World Cup, with one each set by the Americans on the first two days in Incheon Kate Douglass And Regan Smith. Both swimmers are expected to compete again on day three, along with the newly crowned 50 butterfly world record holder Noe PontiThere will definitely be spraying on the last day of the action.

After breaking the world record in the 100m backstroke on day two, Smith will look to challenge it Kaylee McKeownThe world record for the 200 backstroke is 1:58.94. At the final stop of this series in Shanghai, Smith won the event about two seconds off McKeown’s mark, but she has already proven here that she is much faster.

Douglass competes in both the 50 butterfly and 200 IM and is the gold medal favorite in both events. On day one, Douglass dropped the hammer in the 200 breaststroke, breaking Rebecca Soni’s 2009 world record.

After breaking his world record in the event, Ponti will compete in the 50-meter butterfly again. At the previous stop in Shanghai, Ponti posted a WR of 21.67 in the prelims before hitting just 0.01 of that time in the finals. Given his consistency in this event, that record will likely remain in jeopardy for the rest of the series.

There will also be a lot of excitement at the other events. Particularly in the men’s 400 m IM event, where he held the long distance world record Leon Marchand will compete against the SCM world record holder Daiya Seto. Although Marchand won the event in Shanghai, he was significantly slower than expected, swimming a time of 4:00.03. After Seto last ran a time of 3:59.79 in the 400 m IM run at a national competition, the race is likely to be very close.

The preliminary session should be visible to most fans on the World Aquatics Recast page (for a fee), which can be accessed below. Further information can be found here.

MEN’S 400 IM – Early heats

• • • World record: 3:54.81 – Daiya Seto (JPN), 2019
    • World Cup record: 3:57.25 – Daiya Seto (JPN), 2018
    • Junior world record: 3:56.47 – Ilya Borodin (RUS), 2021

WOMEN 800 FREE – Early heats

• • • World record: 7:57.42 – Katie Ledecky (USA), 2022
    • World Cup record: 7:57.42 – Katie Ledecky (USA), 2022
    • Junior world record: 7:59.44 – Wang Jianjiahe (CHN), 2018

WOMEN’S 100 FLY – Preliminaries

• • • World record: 54.05 – Maggie MacNeil (CAN), 2022
    • World Cup record: 54.78 – Maggie MacNeil (CAN), 2022
    • Junior World Record: 55.39 – Claire Curzan (USA), 2021

MEN’S 50 FLY – Preliminaries

• • • World record: 21.67 – Noe Ponti (SUI), 2024
    • World Cup record: 21.67 – Noe Ponti (SUI), 2024
    • Junior world record: 22.28 – Ilya Kharun (CAN), 2022

WOMEN’S 200 BACK – Preliminary rounds

• • • World record: 1:58.94 – Kaylee McKeown (AUS), 2020
    • World Cup record: 1:59.35 – Daryna Zevina (UKR), 2016
    • Junior world record: 2:00.03 – Missy Franklin (USA), 2011

MEN’S 100 BACK – Preliminary rounds

• • • World record: 48.33 – Coleman Stewart (USA), 2021
    • World Cup record: 48.84 – Shaine Casas (USA), 2022
    • Junior world record: 48.90 – Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS), 2017

WOMEN’S 50 BREAST – Preliminary Rounds

• • • World record: 28.37 – Ruta Meilutyte (LTU), 2022
    • World Cup record: 28.56 – Alia Atkinson (JAM), 2018
    • Junior world record: 28.81 – Benedetta Pilato (ITA), 2020

MEN’S 200 BREAST – Preliminaries

• • • World record: 2:00.16 – Kirill Prigoda (RUS), 2018
    • World Cup record: 2:00.48 – Daniel Gyurta (HUN), 2014
    • Junior world record: 2:03.23 – Akihiro Yamaguchi (JPN), 2012

WOMEN 100 FREE – Preliminary Rounds

• • • World record: 50.25 – Cate Campbell (AUS), 2017
    • World Cup record: 50.58 – Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 2017 & Emma McKeon (AUS), 2021
    • Junior World Record: 51.45 – Kayla Sanchez (CAN), 2018

MEN’S 200 FREE – Preliminary Rounds

• • • World record: 1:39.37 – Paul Biedermann (GER), 2009
    • World Cup record: 1:39.37 – Paul Biedermann (GER), 2009
    • Junior World Record: 1:40.65 – Matt Sates (RSA), 2021

WOMEN’S 200 IM – PRELIMINARY ROUNDS

• • • World record: 2:01.86 – Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 2014
    • World Cup record: 2:02.13 – Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 2014
    • Junior world record: 2:04.48 – Yu Yiting (CHN), 2021