Olympic gold medalists Regan Smith, Kate Douglass and Gretchen Walsh each posted the third-fastest time in history in an event on the first night of the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Carmel, Indiana.
In the 200m butterfly, Smith lowered her own American short course record from 2:01.00 to 2:00.28 on Friday. The only faster times in history overall were the last two world records: 1:59.32 from Canadian Summer McIntosh last year and 1:59.61 from Spain’s Mireia Belmonte in 2014.
Douglass won the 200m breaststroke in 2:13.97. She now owns the four fastest times ever, led by her world record of 2:12.50 from last December’s World Short Course Championships.
SWIMMING: Full Results | Broadcast Schedule Douglass dominates 200m breaststroke at World Cup American Kate Do