Switzerland's Noe Ponti made waves at the World Aquatics Swimming Championships in Budapest by shattering his OWN world record in the men's 50m butterfly—twice in one day! 🌊 The 21-year-old clocked 21.32 seconds in Wednesday's final, smashing the 21.43-second mark he set just hours earlier in the semifinals. Talk about leveling up! 🚀
🏅 Canada's Ilya Kharun (21.67s) and the Netherlands' Nyls Korstanje (21.68s) rounded out the podium in a nail-biting finish where just 0.01 seconds separated silver and bronze.
The record-breaking energy was contagious:
🇺🇸 Regan Smith dominated the women's 100m backstroke (54.55s), outswimming teammate Katharine Berkoff's championship record
🇦🇺 Lani Pallister crushed the women's 800m freestyle CR by nearly 4 seconds (8:01.95)
🇺🇸 Gretchen Walsh blitzed the 100m freestyle semifinals in 50.49s—a full 1.58s ahead of her heat rival
👀 Keep an eye on China's Tang Qianting, who nearly matched the women's 100m breaststroke world record (1:02.37), and Qin Haiyang who stormed into the men's 100m breaststroke final with the second-fastest semifinal time (56.04s). The final races promise more edge-of-your-seat action! ⚡
