Retro Swimming

NEW WORLD RECORD 🤯🔥

Same pool, different year 🌴
Gretchen Walsh smashes her own mark from last year’s meet in Ft. Lauderdale with an unbelievable 54.33 in the 100m butterfly 💥
History made.

new competition regulations as of 2026 🧐

Full Competition Regulations available at worldaquatics.com

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From the pool. to the record books. to the museum. grateful for every step.

Cameron McEvoy has rewritten sprint swimming history.
The Australian Olympic champion clocked 20.88 in the men’s 50m freestyle at the China Swimming Open, breaking Cesar Cielo’s long-standing world record of 20.91 from 2009.

The mark, set during the super-suit era, had stood untouched for over 16 years. McEvoy not only surpassed it, but did so with a dominant win, finishing well ahead of the field.

With this swim, he adds the world record to a résumé that already includes Olympic and world titles, confirming his place at the very top of sprint swimming.

“Every day is a day to get better; you will not go best times in practice, and sometimes you might not always feel perfect, but you can always give 100 percent.” — Jack Conger, Olympic gold medalist