Tang sets new Asian record at Swimming Worlds

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China’s Tang Qianting broke her own Asian record in the women’s 100m breaststroke semi-finals of the World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) in Budapest on Wednesday.
Tang, the 2024 Doha World Championships gold medalist, led the semifinal field with a time of 1:02.37, bettering the previous record of 1:02.53 she set at the Swimming World Cup in Shanghai in October.

Switzerland’s Noe Ponti shone in the men’s 50m butterfly with a new world record of 21.32 seconds, cutting 0.11 seconds off his own WR set in Tuesday’s semifinals. Canada’s Ilya Kharun took silver with a time of 21.67, setting a new American record. Nyls Korstanje of the Netherlands claimed the bronze medal, 0.01 second behind Kharun.

Paris Olympic champion Regan Smith of the United States triumphed in the women’s 100m backstroke final in 54.55 seconds, a new championship record.