MacNeil, who won 100m butterfly gold at the Tokyo Olympics, clocked 25.27 to shave 0.33 seconds off Kira Toussaint‘s mark on Monday.
🚨WOOOOORLD RECOOOOOOORD Maggie Macneil set a new World Record in the 50m Backstroke FINAL▶️25.27 #swimming https://t.co/1bxvxLL3KT
— FINA (@fina1908) 1640013893000
“If you would have told me my first world record would be backstroke, I wouldn’t have believed you,” MacNeil said. “But it’s nice to get that out of way and hopefully tomorrow I also have something in the 100m fly as well.”
Yet abother World Record has been set!Maggie Macneil from Canada set a new World Record in the 50m Backstroke Fin… https://t.co/k9t2oSdsfH
— FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) (@FINA21AbuDhabi) 1640018311000
Fellow Canadian Kylie Masse took silver, while Sweden’s Louise Hansson bagged bronze.
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