World Aquatics Swimming World Cup Shanghai Day 3 Results, Recap, and more: Regan Smith and Leon Marchand win big

The first stop of the Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Shanghai saw breathtaking action return to the pool as several international stars rewrote the history books over the last three days. The highlight of Day 3 was the world record swim in the men's 50m butterfly heats by Switzerland’s Noe Ponti, who later took the gold medal as well with an identical swim.

France’s Leon Marchand continued his dominance, winning his third title on day 3 of the competition. The Olympic champion in the 400m Individual Medley LCM (long course), clocked a new personal best of 4:00:03s for the gold medal in the short course. With two medals already to his name, Marchand topped the men's rankings as the first stop concluded.

Regan Smith scratched from the 200m freestyle finals to focus on the 200m backstroke, where she swam the third fastest time in American history. She won the gold medal in 2:00.42s followed by Anastasiya Shkurdai for second in 2:01.31s.

Another top-performing American swimmer on day 3 of the Aquatics Swimming World Cup 2024 was Kate Douglass. Carrying the momentum from her Paris Olympics success, she took the gold medal in the women's 200m IM in 2:04.09s.

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Aquatics Swimming World Cup 2024-Day 3: Results

#Men's 400m IM

1. Leon Marchand: 4:00.03
2. Alberto Razzeti: 4:01.51
3. Lewis Clareburt: 4:05.03

#Men’s 50m fly

1. Noe Ponti: 21.68
2. Nyls Korstanje: 22.00
3. Marius Kusch: 22.26

#Men's 100m back

1. Pieter Coetze: 49.35
2. Thomas Ceccon : 50.03
3. Kacper Stokowski: 50.33

#Men’s 200m breaststroke

1. Joshua Yong: 2:01.67
2. Qin Haiyang: 2:01.92
3. Caspar Corbeau: 2:02.42

#Men’s 200m freestyle

1. Duncan Scot: 1:40.92
2. Edward Somerville: 1:42.14
3. Danas Rapsys: 1:42.35

#Women’s 800m freestyle

1. Tang Muhan: 8:15.34
2. Gap Weizhong: 8:16.17
3. Kong Yaqi: 8:27.21

#Women's 100m freestyle

1. Laura Lahtinen: 55.58
2. Yu Yiting: 55.94
3. Louise Hansson: 56.07

#Women's 200m backstroke

1. Regan Smith: 2:00.42
2. Anastasiya Shkurdai: 2:01.31
3. Beata Nelson: 2:02.56

#Women's 50m breaststroke

1. Tang Qianting: 28.76
2. Benedetta Pilato: 29.73
3. Siobhan Haughey: 29.74

#Women's 100m freestyle

1. Siobhan Haughey: 51.89
2. Yang Junxuan: 52.11
3. Milla Jansen: 52.43

#Women's 200m IM

1. Katw Douglass: 2:04.09
2. Yu Yithing: 2:05.39
3. Rebecca Meder: 2:07.42

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Aquatics Swimming World Cup 2024: Rankings after first stop

Swimming - Leon Marchand tops the charts at first stop of 2024 Swiming World Cup in Shanghai - Source: Getty

#Men's rankings

1. Leon Marchand: 58.3 points
2. Noe Ponti: 56.8 points
3. Qin Haiyang: 56.7 points
4. Duncan Scott: 56.4 points
5. Pieter Coetze: 55.2 points

#Women’s rankings

1. Kate Douglas: 59.1 points
2. Regan Smith: 59 points
3. Siobhan Haughey: 53.2 points
4. Yiting Yu: 51.5 points
5. Mary-Sophie Harvey: 50.5 points