Kornev equals men’s 100m freestyle world record on day two of opening World Cup in Baku - European Aquatics

South Africa’s Pieter Coetze and China’s Yu Yiting also set continental records on the third night of exhilarating competition in front of a passionate crowd in the Azerbaijan capital. Kornev and Steenbergen win again to top overall rankings

Skip to Main ContentAccessibility HelpMenuCBC GemCBC ListenSearchQuick LinksNewsSportsRadioMusicListen LiveTVWatchsportsTop StoriesOlympicsHockeyCurlingVideoSchedulesShowsFeaturesAll SportsVideoKelowna's Taylor Ruck wins 4th World Cup Baku medal with 100m freestyle bronze | CBC.ca LoadedKelowna's Taylor Ruck wins 4th World Cup Baku medal with 100m freestyle bronzeOctober 3|Duration 5:23October 3SportsDuration 5:23closed captionCanada's Taylor Ruck finished with a time of 52.38 in the women's 100-metre freestyle to take bronze and claim her fourth medal in Baku.

Rights-free content from the Swimming World Cup is available to download from the World Aquatics Media Pool Steenbergen strengthens her lead with European Record Marrit Steenbergen continued her outstanding Swimming World Cup campaign with a dominant victory in the women's 100m Freestyle, setting a European Record of 50.32 to claim her first gold medal of the Tashkent stop.

The first two stops of the World Cup circuit have been good to Russia’s Egor Kornev, who established his second world record during Saturday action in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. One week after he tied the world record in the 100-meter freestyle, Kornev blasted a time of 21.28 in the 50 butterfly. That performance cut .04 off the previous world record, the 21.32 set by Switzerland’s Noe Ponti in 2024. At the opening leg of the World Cup tour in Baku, Azerbaijan, Kornev clocked 44.84 in the 100 freestyle to equal the 2021 record of Australian Kyle Chalmers. This time around, the Russian didn’t have to share a record, and he moved to No. 1 all-time with a massive personal best. Kornev entered Saturday night with a top time of 21.64, which was good for the Russian record. But in the final in Tashkent, he dropped a huge .36 to knock Ponti off the event’s pedestal.

Share:Oct 13, 2026, 8:14 PM EDTby David Gerhart, USA WrestlingEverest Leydecker competing at the 2026 U20 World Championships in Bratislava, SlovakiaLAS VEGAS, Nevada – Draws for the women’s freestyle portion of the 2026 Galaxy U23 World Championships have been released. The women’s freestyle competition runs Wednesday-Friday at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Two-time reigning U23 World champion and two-time Senior World medalist Kylie Welker opens her bid for a third straight U23 World Title against Patrycja Cuber of Poland in the round of 16 at 76 kg. Team USA’s women’s freestyle squad fields four 2026 Senior World Team members: Morgan Turner, Cristelle Rodriguez-Dobler, Everest Leydecker, and Adaugo Nwachukwu. Two-time U20 World champion Leydecker’s first match at U23 Worlds comes against 2025 Senior World Team member Mihaela Samoil of Moldova. Two-time Senior World Team member Nwachukwu begins her tournament at 62 kg against Puerto Rico's Elizabeth Watts. Two-time age-group World champion Turner faces Natalia Perdomo Culma of Colombia in the first round at 50 kg.

Rights-free content from the Swimming World Cup is available to download from the World Aquatics Media Pool The Swimming World Cup 2026 Silk Road Tour continued on Thursday evening in Uzbekistan with some of the world’s best putting on a scintillating show for the crowd at the Palace of Water Sports within Tashkent's Olympic City complex.