2021 INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING LEAGUE – PLAYOFFS MATCH 3, DAY 2
- Thursday, November 18th – Friday, November 19th
- 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm local time; 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
- Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands
- Short Course Meters (25m – SCM) Format
- ISL Season 3 Schedules, Start Times, & More
- Omega Results
- Day 1 Live Recap
- Teams Competing: Energy Standard, Toronto Titans, Aqua Centurions, DC Trident
Belarusian breaststroking star Ilya Shymanovich broke the world record in the men’s 100 breast (SCM) during Match 3 of the International Swimming League (ISL) playoffs in Eindhoven, blasting his way to a time of 55.32.
Shymanovich’s time slices .02 off his previous world mark of 55.34, set at the 2020 Belarusian Championships last December.
Split Comparison
| Shyamnovich, Dec. 2020 | Shymanovich, Nov. 2021 |
| 25.88 | 25.77 |
| 29.46 (55.34) | 29.55 (55.32) |
The world record in the men’s SCM 100 breast had been on the books for 11 years heading into last season’s ISL semi-finals, where London Roar’s Adam Peaty broke Cameron van der Burgh‘s 2009 mark of 55.61 in a new world record of 55.49. Peaty went on to re-lower the record in the ISL final at 55.41, with Shymanovich going 55.49 at the same meet, and the Belarusian grabbed hold of the record one month later on home soil.
World Record Progression, Men’s 100 Breaststroke (SCM)*
*Since January 1, 2000
- Roman Sludnov (RUS), 58.51 – March 2000
- Ed Moses (USA), 58.05 – March 2000
- Ed Moses (USA), 57.66 – Match 2000
- Ed Moses (USA), 57.47 – January 2002
- Cameron van der Burgh (RSA), 56.88 – November 2008
- Cameron van der Burgh (RSA), 55.99 – August 2009
- Cameron van der Burgh (RSA), 55.61 – November 2009
- Adam Peaty (GBR), 55.49 – November 2020
- Adam Peaty (GBR), 55.41 – November 2020
- Ilya Shymanovich (BLR), 55.34 – December 2020
- Ilya Shymanovich (BLR), 55.32 – November 2021
Just two weeks ago, Shymanovich registered what now ranks as the fourth-fastest swim in history at the European SC Championships in 55.45. That swim notably came in the semi-finals, as he ultimately settled for silver in the final behind Italian Nicolo Martinenghi (55.63) in 55.77.
The 27-year-old Shymanovich now owns six of the 10-fastest swims in history.
All-Time Performances, Men’s 100 Breaststroke (SCM)
- Ilya Shymanovich (BLR), 55.32 – 2021 ISL Playoffs Match 3
- Ilya Shymanovich (BLR), 55.34 – 2020 Belarusian Championships
- Adam Peaty (GBR), 55.41 – 2020 ISL Final
- Ilya Shymanovich (BLR), 55.45 – 2021 European Championships
- Adam Peaty (GBR) / Ilya Shymanovich (BLR), 55.49 – 2020 ISL Semi-Final 1/ 2020 ISL Final
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- Cameron van der Burgh (RSA), 55.61 – 2009 FINA World Cup
- Ilya Shymanovich (BLR) / Nicolo Martinenghi (ITA), 55.63 – 2021 ISL Match 8 / 2021 European Championships
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- Ilya Shymanovich (BLR), 55.69 – 2020 ISL Semi-Final 1
In the race itself, Shymanovich’s victory scored 15 points for his Energy Standard club, jackpotting a pair of swimmers. Dutchman Arno Kamminga (56.26) was the runner-up for the Aqua Centurions, while his teammate Martinenghi (56.62) took third.
Shymanovich earned MVP honors in the opening playoff match last week, and has now won 13 individual events in the ISL’s third season, including going a perfect five-for-five in the 100 breast.
Well Cody got dqed so we know the officials aren’t completely incompetent…
Dear Lord did he actually get dqed again?
He’d rather get dq’d than finish 8th place. What a legend!
Was it for dolphin kicking?
He got those sad eyes
Don’t be discouraged,
mıre like dolphinovich
“My kick is narrow guys.”
If he’s lasted this long without being disqualified, he’s doing something right. Others are not thinking on the same level as this man. If they had the same narrow kick as shymanovich, they might be able to go just as fast or faster
I think it is more so that it is very difficult to see if he doing anything out of line above the water, and officials must always give the swimmer the benefit of doubt. Underwater is a different story–we can all see his stroke is at least in a grey area of the rules. Until underwater review/officiating can be used with greater authority, he won’t be DQ’d in a race for his stroke.
But the olympics or worlds will almost definitely have underwater cameras so it shouldn’t be that long till he actually gets disqualified.
Anyway, it was his own record that he broke so essentially we should be praising for that fact
Unfortunately I don’t think they use underwater footage for this purpose.
???? He’s been doing the same technique for like 6 years