2024 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup Series – Incheon Day 3 Finals Live Recap | SwimSwam

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2024 WORLD AQUATICS SWIMMING WORLD CUP – INCHEON

• Thursday, October 24th – Saturday, October 26th
• Prelims at 9:30am local (8:30pm previous night ET)/Finals at 7:30m local (6:30am ET)
• Munhak Park Tae-Hwan Swimming Pool, Incheon, South Korea
• SCM (25m)
• Meet Central
• Event Schedule
• Entered Athletes
• SwimSwam Preview
• Day 1 Finals Recap
• Day 2 Finals Recap
• Results

Day 3 Finals Start List

It’s the final session of the Incheon stop of the 2024 World Cup Series, and the race to the top of the overall rankings is on.

Kate Douglass won the Shanghai stop and seemed to be on track to claim the crown again here, but no-showed the 200 IM prelims this morning. That was her last individual event of the stop, which means she’s locked in at 59.2 points. That gives fellow American Regan Smith a chance to sneak by and upgrade her overall silver from Shanghai. The newly minted 100 backstroke SCM world record holder is entered in the 200 backstroke. (See a more in-depth breakdown of the scoring system here.)

On the men’s side, Pieter Coetze currently leads the standings. He won both the 50 and 200 backstroke and has the chance at making it a sweep in the 100 tonight. He’ll have to get through some stiff competition, including top seed Kacper Stokowski and LCM world record holder Thomas Ceccon. Regardless of who claims the overall crown, there will definitely be a shuffle amongst the top five after the 200 breast has settled. Caspar Corbeau, Qin Haiyang, and Ilya Shymanovich are only 2.4 points apart from one another so the finish order will matter.

We’ll see Leon Marchand in action to kick off the session. After dropping both the 200 breast and 200 free this morning, he is all-in on the 400 IM. A win there could push him back atop the ranking after he won the overall crown in Shanghai. He topped the field last time, but world record holder Daiya Seto has entered the mix.

Another exciting race to watch out for will be the men’s 50 fly, where Noe Ponti is the top seed. He broke the world record at the last stop and was the only swimmer to break 22-seconds this morning.

The men’s 800 free and 200 free will also be contested tonight alongside the women’s 100 fly, 50 breast, 100 free, and 200 IM.

Men’s 400 Individual Medley – Final

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

Top 8:

1. Leon Marchand (FRA) – 3:58.30 French Record
2. Daiya Seto (JPN) – 3:59.43
3. Alberto Razzetti (ITA) – 4:02.37
4. Lewis Clareburt (NZL) – 4:06.03
5. Mark Szaranek (GBR) – 4:07.05
6. Trenton Julian (USA) – 4:10.68
7. Reagan Cheng (SGP) – 4:19.44
8. Wang Yi Shun (HKG) – 4:23.85

Men’s 800 Freestyle – Final

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

Top 8:

Women’s 100 Butterfly – Final

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

Top 8:

Men’s 50 Butterfly – Final

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

Top 8:

Women’s 200 Backstroke – Final

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

Top 8:

Men’s 100 Backstroke – Finals

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

Top 8:

Women’s 50 Breaststroke – Finals

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

Top 8:

Men’s 200 Breaststroke – Finals

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

Top 8:

Women’s 100 Freestyle – Finals

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

Top 8:

Men’s 200 Freestyle – Finals

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

Top 8:

Women’s 200 Individual Medley – Prelims

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

Top 8:

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