McKeon, Sates, Shields continue winning streak in Budapest Swimming World Cup FINA SWIMMING WORLD CUP 2021

The second meet of the FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 concluded tonight in Budapest (HUN, Oct 8-10) as many swimmers repeated Berlin scenario.

Emma McKeon set a new World Cup record in the 100m free (50.58), while Matthew Sates brought down another World Junior Record in the 400m free (3:37.92). Team USA broke a new World Junior record in the 4x50m medley mixed relay (1:41.21).

Results & Rankings can be found here.

https://www.fina.org/competitions/1381/fina-swimming-world-cup-2021/results

The winners in Budapest were:

50m free: Men – Kyle Chalmers (AUS) 20.97; Women – Emma McKeon (AUS) 23.50

100m free: Men – Kyle Chalmers (AUS) 45.50; Women – Emma McKeon (AUS) 50.58 WC

200m free: Men – Matthew Sates (RSA) 1:41.51; Women – Madison Wilson (AUS) 1:53.82

400m free: Men – Matthew Sates (RSA) 3:37.92 WJ; Women – Isabel Gose (GER) 4:00.50

1500m free: Men – Florian Wellbrock (GER) 14:42.70

50m back: Men – Kristof Milak (HUN) 23.08; Women – Kira Toussaint (NED) 26.07

100m back: Men – Tom Shields (USA) 50.50; Women – Kira Toussaint (NED) 55.72

200m back: Men – Hubert Kos (HUN) 1:52.79; Women – Kira Toussaint (NED) 2:02.09

50m breast: Men – Peter Stevens (SLO) 26.22; Women – Nika Godun (RUS) 29.81

100m breast: Men – Arno Kamminga (NED) 56.08; Women – Nika Godun (RUS) 1:04.71

200m breast: Men – Arno Kamminga (NED) 2:02.07; Women – Viktoria Gunes (TUR) 2:22.23

50m fly: Men – Tom Shields (USA) 21.99; Women – Emma McKeon (AUS) 24.97

100m fly: Men – Tom Shields (USA) 48.83; Women – Linnea Mack (USA) 56.77

200m fly: Men – Tom Shields (USA) 1:51.18; Women – Maria Ugolkova (SUI) 2:06.44

100m IM: Men – Matthew Sates (RSA) 51.77; Women - Maria Ugolkova (SUI) 58.81

200m IM: Men – Matthew Sates (RSA) 1:53.43; Women – Maria Ugolkova (SUI) 2:06.99

400m IM: Men – Matthew Sates (RSA) 4:04.21; Women – Ilaria Cusinato (ITA) 4:31.35

4x50m free mixed: USA 1:32.34

4x50m medley mixed: USA WJ 1:41.21

WR – World record

WC- World Cup Record

WJ- World Junior Record

A new scoring system applies to the SWC 2021. To find out how it works click here. https://www.fina.org/news/2282013/swimming-world-cup-2021-scoring-system

2021 Calendar:

1.    Berlin (GER) – October 1-3

2.    Budapest (HUN) – October 7-9

3.    Doha (QAT) - October 21-23

4.    Kazan (RUS) - October 28-30

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