Regan Smith drops two-word message expressing excitement for World Aquatics short course Swimming Championships

Regan Smith recently expressed her excitement about the upcoming World Aquatics short course Swimming Championships following her Paris Olympic heroics. The 2024 World Aquatics short course Swimming Championships (25m) will be held at Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary, and will kick off on December 10, concluding December 15.

At the Paris Olympics, Smith secured five medals, including two gold and three silver. She contributed to her team's efforts to dominate the women's 4x100m medley and mixed 4x100m medley events. In the women's 4x100m medley, she swam the fastest first leg of 57.28 seconds to gain a substantial lead for registering a world record.

The American squad, including Regan Smith, Lily King, Gretchen Walsh, and Torri Huske, dominated the event with a record-breaking time of 3:49.63. In the mixed medley event, Smith competed in the heats and contributed to earning a place in the final round.

Ahead of the 2024 World Aquatics short course Swimming Championships, she conveyed her excitement by sharing a picture posted by World Aquatics and wrote:

"Let's race."

Screenshot of Smith's Instagram story.

Smith will be seen competing in the 50 backstroke, 200 backstroke, 100m butterfly, and 200m butterfly events at the 2024 World Aquatics short course Swimming Championships.

Regan Smith weighs in on her mentality between her Tokyo and Paris Olympic Games exploits

Regan Smith of Team United States at the Olympic Games 2024 in France. (Image Source: Getty)

Regan Smith competed in the Tokyo Olympics, where she secured two silver and one bronze medal in the 200m butterfly, 4x100m medley relay, and 100m backstroke events, respectively.

However, in a recent interview with Unfiltered Waters, Smith stated that despite winning three medals, she felt sad and unsatisfied back then. Three years later after learning to separate emotions from the outcomes, she is now at peace with her performances.

"I'm seriously so glad because I was so gutted after Tokyo," she said. "In Tokyo, comparatively I had poorer performances than Paris. I still did great but yeah and so I just was so sad after it and it's just like I just went to the Olympics and won three medals and I'm like sad and disappointed and like depressed honestly like that's ridiculous. So it's just like I'm really glad that I've like separated a lot of my emotions from um the outcomes of my performances. So like it's very very freeing." (45:32 onwards)

At the Paris Games, she secured three silver medals in 100m backstroke, 200m backstroke, and 200m butterfly events.