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Sara Curtis Breaks World Junior Record in the SCM 50 Back

National Youth Criteria – Women’s Section

Italy’s Sara Curtis took down three records in the short course meter 50 back at Italy’s National Youth Criteria competition, posting a time of 26.08. She set a new Italian, European Junior and World Junior Record with her performance. 

Curtis, registered to swim with CS Roero, lowered the World Junior record by .05 seconds from its previous standard of 26.13, established by Olivia Smoliga way back in 2012. 

The previous Italian record in the event was set by Silvia Scalia in 2021 with a time of 26.18, while the previous European Junior record was set by Russia’s Maria Kameneva back in 2016 in a time of 26.15.

Earlier in the meet, Curtis won the 100 back in a time of 58.05 and was the only competitor in the field to go under a minute. 

50 BACK TIME COMPARISON 

Swimmer Record Time
Curtis World Junior, European Junior, Italian  26.08
Curtis Previous best time  26.77
Smoliga World Junior 26.12
Kameneva European Junior 26.15
Scalia Italian 26.18

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Swimpop
7 months ago

Isn’t the real story the 58:05 100??

Sub13
Reply to  Swimpop
7 months ago

Is it? Her 50 ranks her 33rd all time while her 100 ranks her 146th.

Daddy Foster
Reply to  Swimpop
7 months ago

SCM

Swimmerfan
7 months ago

Will go sara curtis to NCAA to compete after Paris 2024?

Last edited 7 months ago by Swimmerfan
Jack meowmeow
7 months ago

In the same competition, an Italian team set the new European Junior Record in women’s 4×200 free clocking 8’00”01

artiebeer
7 months ago

It’s WJR only because World Aquatics added 1 more year for female swimmers and didn’t change records. Fastest all-time junior is Mollie O’Callaghan 25,49 and fastest european is Shkurdai 26,05

Swimmer
7 months ago

Cool! Im surprised there are short course competitions happening at the moment but good to see fast times.

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