World Aquatics Swimming World Cup Shanghai Day 2 Results, Recap and more: Leon Marchand and Regan Smith among record breakers

The second day of the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup 2024 took place on Saturday (Oct. 19) at the Oriental Sports Centre in Shanghai. Finals of numerous events such as the men's 200m butterfly, men's 100m freestyle, women's 400m medley, etc., were contested on this second day of the event.

On that note, let's explore some of the key moments and learn about the title winners from the second day of the Swimming World Cup 2024.

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Swimming World Cup Shanghai Day 2: Key moments and recap

Kate Douglass clinched the 50m Butterfly event at the Swimming World Cup (Image via: Getty)

The second day of the Swimming World Cup saw Leon Marchand break the 200m medley world cup record. The French swimmer registered a time of 1:50.30 in the finals to beat the likes of Duncan Scott and Noe Ponti to clinch his second title at the event. Merchand won the 100m medley title on the first day of the competition.

Regan Smith, competing in the 100m backstroke, also registered a new World Cup record in the event finals. She clocked a time of 54.89 seconds to clinch her third podium finish in this World Cup. The 22-year-old had already clinched top-three finishes in the 50m backstroke and 200m butterfly events on the first day of the competition.

USA's Trenton Julian also produced an impressive display of skills in the 200m butterfly event. He clocked a time of 1:51.24 to beat South Africa's Chad Le Clos by a margin of just 0.22 seconds.

Kate Douglass added another victory to her Shanghai World Cup campaign by winning the 50m butterfly on the second day of the event. She won the 200m breastroke and 100m medley on Friday.

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Swimming World Cup Shanghai Day 2: Results

Trenton Julian at the 2022 FINA Championships (Image via: Getty)

Men's 200m Butterfly:

1. Trenton Julian, USA- 1:51.24
2. Chad Le Clos, South Africa- 1:51.46
3. Alberto Razzetti, Italy- 1:51.88
4. James Guy, Great Britain- 1:53.86
5. Lewis Clareburt, New Zealand- 1:53.98

Men's 100m Freestyle:

1. Thomas Ceccon, Italy- 46.32s
2. Zhanle Pan, China- 46.35s
3. Pieter Coetze, South Africa- 46.59s
4. Jamie Jack, Australia- 46.67s
5. Matthew Temple, Australia- 46.83s

Men's 50m Breaststroke:

1. Haiyang Qin, China- 25.38s
2. Ilya Shymanovich, Neutral Individual Athlete (NIA)- 25.21s
3. Jiajun Sun, China- 25.79s
4. Casper Corbeau, Netherlands- 26.15s
5. Michael Andrew, USA- 26.34s

Men's 200m Medley:

1. Leon Marchand, France- 1:50.30
2. Duncan Scott, Great Britain, 1:51.08
3. Noe Ponti, Switzerland- 1:51.78
4. Shun Wang, China- 1:52.40
5. Alberto Razzetti, Italy- 1:53.33

Men's 50m Backstroke:

1. Isaac Cooper, Australia- 22.75s
2. Pieter Coetze, South Africa- 22.95s
3. Jiayu Xu, China- 22.98s
4. Kacper Stokowski, Poland- 23.22s
5. Marius Kusch, Germany- 23.30s

Women's 400m Medley:

1. Mary-Sophie Harvey, Canada- 4:28.03
2. Nikoleta Trnikova, Slovakia- 4:44.81
3. Rouxin Tan, Malyasia- 4:55.27
4. Pin-Chen Pan, Chinese Taipei- 4:55.70
5. Chia-Hsuan Chang, Chinese Taipei- 4:58.55

Women's 200m Freestyle:

1. Siobhan Bernadette Haughey, Hong Kong- 1:51.46
2. Mary-Sophie Harvey, Canada- 1:53.36
3. Yaqi Kong, China- 1:55.21
4. Katarzyna Wasick, Poland- 1:58.91
5. Ya-Hsuan He, Chinese Taipei- 2:02.23

Women's 100m Backstroke:

1. Regan Smith, USA- 54.89s
2. Beata Nelson, USA- 56.26s
3. Ingrid Wilm, Canada- 56.64s
4. Anastasiya Shkurdai, NIA- 56.69s
5. Xuwei Peng, China- 56.81s

Women's 50m Butterfly:

1. Kate Douglass, USA- 24.54s
2. Yufei Zhang, China- 24.94s
3. Yiting Yu, China- 25.07s
4. Lily Price, Australia- 25.07s
5. Sara Junevik, Sweden- 25.18s

Women's 100m Breaststroke:

1. Qianting Tang, China- 1:02.53
2. Alina Zmushka, NIA- 1:04.48
3. Rebecca Meder, South Africa- 1:05.25
4. Chang Yang, China- 1:05.48
5. Benedetta Pilato, Italy- 1:05.50