Overview
- Australia’s Lani Pallister lowered the women’s 800m freestyle short‑course world record to 7:54.00, slicing 3.42 seconds off Katie Ledecky’s mark and winning by more than 15 seconds.
- Kaylee McKeown cut her own 200m backstroke world record to 1:57.33, with Regan Smith also finishing under the previous standard at 1:57.86.
- Mollie O’Callaghan reset the women’s 200m freestyle world record to 1:49.36 and sealed a World Cup triple crown in the event.
- Kate Douglass became the first woman under 50 seconds in the short‑course 100m freestyle at 49.93, Hubert Kos set a 100m backstroke world record at 48.16, and Caspar Corbeau broke the 200m breaststroke record at 1:59.52 as five world records fell on the final day.
- Multiple athletes completed triple crowns as the series ended, with Douglass and Kos topping the overall standings for $100,000 each, Canada’s Josh Liendo breaking the national 100m freestyle record in 45.30, and Ireland’s Ellen Walshe and Mona McSharry adding more Irish records.