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World Cup Finale in Toronto Delivers Five World Records as Stars Seal Triple Crowns

The Toronto finale closed the three-stop short-course World Cup with a record surge, underscoring dominant form from Australia and milestone breakthroughs for Canada and Ireland.

Overview

  • Final-day fireworks produced five short-course world records: Lani Pallister’s 800m free (7:54.00), Kate Douglass’s 100m free (49.93), Hubert Kos’s 100m back (48.16) after a 200m back mark earlier in the meet, Caspar Corbeau’s 200m breast (1:59.52), and Kaylee McKeown’s 200m back (1:57.33).
  • Mollie O’Callaghan lowered her own 200m freestyle world record to 1:49.36 in Toronto to complete a World Cup triple crown and collect prize bonuses.
  • Australia’s depth shone as Pallister also cut the 400m freestyle Australian and World Cup mark to 3:51.87, while McKeown added a national 50m back record at 25.35 and won the 100m back in 54.49.
  • Canada celebrated home-water milestones with Ilya Kharun winning the 200m butterfly in 1:49.71 to become the first Canadian to claim a World Cup triple crown, and Josh Liendo breaking the national 100m freestyle record in 45.30.
  • Ireland continued its record run as Ellen Walshe won the 400m individual medley in an Irish record 4:22.97, Mona McSharry took 100m breaststroke silver in an Irish record 1:03.84, and Lottie Cullen set the Irish 100m backstroke mark at 57.31.