2023 EUROPEAN SHORT COURSE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- December 5-10, 2023
- Otopeni Olympic Swimming Complex, Bucharest, Romania
- Short Course Meters (25 meters)
- Prelims 2:30am (ET), Finals 11am (ET)
- Entries Book
- Live Results (Omega)
- Live Results (Microplus Timing)
- Day 1 Finals Live Recap
- Eurovision Sport Livestream
We already saw 24-year-old Maxime Grousset of France stake his claim on the men’s 100m fly event with his national record-setting swim of 48.94.
However, in the second semi-final of the event tonight in Romania, 22-year-old Olympic bronze medalist Noe Ponti upped the ante with a blistering result of 48.61 to land lane 4 for tomorrow’s final.
Ponti’s time not only knocked exactly .20 off of his former best-ever mark of 48.81 but his performance this evening also overtook the previous Championships Record of 48.93 Evgeny Korotyshkin (RUS) put on the books well over a decade ago in 2009.
Split Comparisons:
- Korotyshkin’s former Championships Record – 23.26/25.67 (48.93)
- Ponti’s former Swiss Record – 23.13/25.68 (48.81)
- Ponti’s new Swiss Record – 22.73/23.88 (46.61)
Ponti and Grousset represented the only competitors of the field to get under the 50-second threshold, although Czech swimmer Daniel Gracik came close with a 3rd-seeded 50.02. That earned Gracik a new Czech national record. Jacob Peters of Great Britain was also on the border in 50.04 while Matteo Rivolta of Italy was 5th in 50.07.
Ponti now becomes the 5th-fastest performer in history in this event.
Top 5 Men’s SCM 100 Butterfly Performers All-Time
- Caeleb Dressel (USA) – 47.78, 2020
- Chad Le Clos (RSA) – 48.08, 2016
- Tom Shields (USA) – 48.47, 2020
- Evgeny Korotyshkin (RUS) – 48.48, 2020
- Noe Ponti (SUI) – 48.61, 2023