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Great Britain’s Jacob Peters and Trinidad & Tobago’s Dylan Carter also cracked 23 this morning, while Egypt’s Abdelrahman Sameh also took out a national record, on 23.10. Three went under 23, the first of them Frenchman Maxime Grousset in a national record of 22.74, 0.1sec inside the 2015 mark of Florent Manaudou and the shiny suit mark of Fred Bousquet he match. teammate Josh Matheny (59.40) followed: M50 Butterfly – Maxime Grousset Sets French Record with 22.74 Opener Kamminga was next through to semis today in 58.71, with Germany’s Lucas Matzerath on 58.74 to emerge as the new national record holder, then standard having been held since 2021 by Fabian Schwingenschlogl at 58.95 Two others have broken the 58 mark and they were at the helm of heats pace in Fukuoka this morning.Ĭhinese hope Qin Haiyang (57.93 best) and Dutch double Olympic silver medallist Arno Kamminga (57.80 best) got the action going at the Marine Messe Hall in Fukuoka, Qin on a sharp 58.26, precisely the time in which Nicolò Martinenghi claimed World and European crowns last summer. It tops the best 17 performances ever in the 100m breaststroke: all owned by the British ace. His 56.88 World record is unlikely to be cracked this week. Into Semi-Finals M100m Breaststroke – Sub-58ers Qin & Kamminga Set Morning Pace On 58sĪdam Peaty, the 2016 and 202One Olympic champion, is away healing and making hay for a Paris 2024 harvest, his heart beating this season for next as the only man ever to break 57sec. The USA, Netherlands and Great Britain were next through.

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Shayna Jack blasted a 52.28 to get the Dolphins rolling towards what looks set to be another successful defence of the crown and Australia’s No1 status as the dominant force of 4×100 free racing in recent years. Let’s see how close they get: W4x100m Free – Aussie Dominance Ahoy One of the highlights of the entire championship is hours away, Katie Ledecky, the 2016 Olympic champion, Ariarne Titmus, the 2020ne Olympic champion and Summer McIntosh, the World record holder who has overtaken both previous standard bearers, on the blocks side by side: M400IM – Foster & Marchand Vs The GOAT LegacyĪll calm on the 400m medley front, as the favourites for the 2023 World title – Leon Marchand and Carson Foster – line-up as contenders for the honour of drawing a line under the world-record legacy of Michael Phelps. He went through fourth fastest, after Austrian Felix Aubock and Brazilian Guilherme Costa, all on 3:44s, with Germany’s Lukas Martens and South Korea’s Woomin Kim.Ī cracking final in prospect: W400m Freestyle – The Ledecky, Titmus, McIntosh Showdown Winnington went through in seventh on 3:44.63, a potential outside smoker two years after Ahmed Hafnaoui of Tunisia used the blindside of a lane on the edge to claim a shock Olympic gold. All Aussie global leaders in the 400m at some stage in their careers. Mack Horton and defending World champion Elijah Winnington. Murray Rose, Kieren Perkins, Ian Thorpe Grant Hackett.

He booked lane 4 for the final in a 3:42.44 effort he made look like a cruise.

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Results in Full from Omega – World Aquatics M400m Freestyle – Sam Short Under World-Record Pace With A Lap To GoĪustralian champion Sam Short, 19, was inside world -record pace at the last turn in the 400m free heats. The men’s 400m medley also promises a thriller, Carson Foster and Leon Marchand set to battle side by side in the middle lanes. Australian Sam Short lit up the first morning of action at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka by chucking a 3:42 gauntlet at the helm of the 400m freestyle, the women’s heats of which put the big showdown in place, Katie Ledecky, Ariarne Titmus, Summer McIntosh through in that order within an arm swing of each other.

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