In the 2023 FINA #Swim World Cup# in Budapest, Hungary, on the first competition day, two Chinese stars Zhang Yufei and Qin Haiyang achieved three consecutive championships in the women's 200 butterfly and men's 100 frogs, and He Shibei set a new PB and Hong Kong record and won 50 self-runners-up.
Kelly McKeon set a new women's 50 world record and became the first person in history. The results of the champions and runners-up in each individual event and relay are as follows:
- Women's 400 Free Swim
(1) Fairweather/New Zealand | 4:02.35
(2) Perlister/Australia | 4:03.43
(3) Shemanova/Czech | 4:06.09
Erika Fairweather, 19, became the first player to win three consecutive World Cup titles
- Men's 400 Free Swim
(1) SCHOTT/Australia | 3:44.51
(2) Kieran-Smith/US|3:46.80
(3) Lapsis/Lithuania | 3:47.00
Sam Short ended Danas Rapsys' winning streak
- Women's 50m backstroke (video replay)
(1) K. McKeon/Australia|26.86 WR
(2) Wilm/Canada | 27.94
(3) Marseille/Canada | 27.95
The 22-year-old Kaylee McKeown became the second person in history to break the 27-second record, successfully rewriting the world record held by Liu Xiang for five years
Hong Kong's Zhang Xinyue (29.09) finished 11th
- Men's 200 U.S. Swimming
(1) Mittykov/Switzerland | 1:56.96
(2) Cutout/Italy|1:56.97
(3) Christou/Greece & Telegi/Hungary|1:58.62
- Women's 200m butterfly (video playback)
(1) Yufei Zhang/China|2:05.65 WC
(2) Puda/Bosnia and Herzegovina|2:08.19
(3) Karpasia/Hungary | 2:10.27
Zhang Yufei saved the best performance for last! She changed her eight-year record and was crowned the 200 butterfly triple champion
- Men's 100m butterfly
(1) Ponti/Switzerland | 51.38
(2) Saters/South Africa | 51.66
(2) Coleman/Australia | 51.88
Switzerland won their second title in their first final section, with Noe Ponti, second from bottom in the first 50 meters, coming back with a strong 26.84 seconds
- Women's 200m breaststroke
(1) Schouten/Netherlands|2:21.52 WC
(2) Struci/Australia | 2:22.83
(3) Hoska/Czech | 2:24.62
The 22-year-old Tes Schouten was crowned the triple crown winner of this event! She rewrote the tournament record twice in three weeks, which is also her PB and the Dutch national record
This achievement allowed Schouten to surpass '09 World Champion Nadja Higl (2:21.62) to 18th place in the event's history
- Men's 100m breaststroke (video replay)
(1) Qin Haiyang/China | 57.82
(2) Kaminga/Netherlands | 58.68
(3) N. Fink/US | 59.21
Qin Haiyang swam 58 seconds for the sixth time this year, easily winning the 100 Frog Championship in three races, his fourth best result this year and the semifinals of the World Championships
"It's a great feeling to win! This win gives me confidence for the next two games." —— Qin Haiyang
Another Chinese player, Dong Zhihao (1:01.37), finished 12th
Britain's Adam Peaty finished fourth with 0.04 seconds and set a new season high of 59.25 seconds
Ilya Shymanovich (1:00.59), the world record holder for the 100 frog short pool, finished 9th and missed the final
- Women's 50m Freestyle (Video Replay)
(1) Schöström/Sweden | 23.97
(2) Ho Shibei/Hong Kong, China | 24.30
(3) C. Campbell & B. Campbell/Australia | 24.42
Sarah Sjostrom was crowned the triple crown winner of the event, swimming 24 seconds for the ninth time this year, and no one but her has ever broken 24 seconds
The 25-year-old set a new personal best and set the Hong Kong record for the fourth time this year, a result that lifted her to 29th place in the event's history
- Men's 50 Free Swim
(1) Proud/United Kingdom | 21.77
(2) Andrew/USA | 21.85
(3) Cooper/Australia | 21.92
Guide to the exhibition on the second match day of Chinese players
Qin Haiyang - 50 frogs for men
Zhang Yufei - Women's 50 butterfly
Dong Zhihao - Men's 50 Frogs, Men's 200 Mixed
Ho Shibei (Hong Kong, China) - Women's 200
Zhang Xinyue (Hong Kong, China) - Women's 100 up