Year: 2009

South Africa’s Cameron van der Burgh improved upon his world record in the 50 meter short course breaststroke today, with a time of 25.25 at the FINA World Cup 2009 meet in Berlin, where his former record from last august was 25.43. See results

Russia’s Sergey Fesikov became the first man under 51 seconds in the 100 meter individual medley, when he at the FINA World Cup 2009 meet in Berlin swam in a time of 50.95, where USA’s Ryan Lochte’s world record was 51.15. See results

Sweden’s Therese Alshammar improved upon her own 50 meter short course butterfly world record this evening, with a time of 24.46 at the World Cup meet in Stockholm, where her world record from the World Cup meet in Durban last October was 24.75. See results

China’s Jing Zhao set her 3rd world record in 2 days, at the World Cup meet in Stockholm this evening, with a time of 58.40 in the 100 meter short course individual medlay, where Sweden’s Therese Alshammar’s world record from the World Cup meet in Durban last October was 58.51. See results

China’s Zige Liu flew under the world record time and 2:03 in the 200 butterfly, at the World Cup meet in Stockholm, with a time of 2:02.50, where Japan’s Yoko Nakanishi’s world record was 2:03.12. See results

USA’s Peter Marshall improved upon his own world record in the 50 backstroke short course world record this evening, at the FINA World Cup 2009 meet in Stockholm, with a time of 22.73, where his world record from the World Cup meet in Durban last October was 22.75. See results

USA’s Jessica Hardy crushed her own world record from last Saturday, with a time of 28.96 this morning at the FINA World Cup 2009 meet in Stockholm, where her world record from the Moscow meet was 29.36. See results

Brazil’s Kaio Almeida crushed the 200 meter butterfly short course world record today, at the FINA World Cup 2009 meet in Stockholm, and became first man under 1:50 in the 200 butterfly, with a time of 1:49.11, where Russia’s Nikolay Skvortsov’s world record was 1:50.53. See results

China’s Jing Zhao improved upon her 50 meter backstroke short course world record from the prelims this morning, at the FINA World Cup 2009 meet in Stockholm, dropping below 26 seconds with a time of 25.82, where her 1st world record today was 26.08. See results

Australia’s Felicity Galvez set a new 100 meter butterfly short course world record this evening, at the Fina World Cup 2009 meet in Stockholm, with a time of 55.46, where Australia’s Jessicah Schipper’s world record was 55.68. See results