Josh Liendo arrived at Pan Am Sports Centre on Thursday with many fond memories of his hometown pool.

It’s where the 23-year-old set his first Canadian record in 2017, where he made his first Olympic team a few years later and where the Toronto swimmer boasts several national marks.

It’s also where Liendo set a short course world record in the men’s 100-metre butterfly on Thursday evening. His winning time of 47.68 seconds eclipsed the previous mark of 47.71 by Switzerland's Noe Ponti, who was third on this night in 48.38.

Liendo, who added a second gold-medal performance later in evening in the men’s 50 freestyle, told Devin Heroux of CBC Sports he couldn’t have imagined setting a world mark in the third and final leg of the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup.

“I would have been happy

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