Smith Shaves Her Week-Old 100m S/C WR Back To 54.27 In Singapore
Regan Smith laid down the first World s/c record of her career in 54.41 at the second round of the Cup in Incheon last week. Today's gain was made at the front end of challenge: she turned 0.61 faster at half-way
The fire in Regan Smith's belly, reignited with a shift to coach Bob Bowman in the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 cycles after some struggles to digest her bravura world-record setting breakthrough on backstroke in 2019, was aflame today in Singapore when she ended her 100m World Cup campaign with a 54.27 World record.
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Marchand Mashes Lochte’s 2012 200IM WR Into The Dust With A 1:48.88 Thud In Singapore
Marchand’s latest display of aquatic majesty marked the first time any swimmer has got past the pace of Lochte’s enduring 200IM records in pools short and long. No other man had got inside 1:50 until today
