Jordan Crooks Becomes First-Ever Swimmer To Breach Sub-20 Mark In 50m Freestlye

Jordan Crooks Becomes First-Ever Swimmer To Breach Sub-20 Mark In 50m Freestlye

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Jordan Crooks came into the World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) semifinals on Saturday having set the World Record in the Heats.

The sprinter from the Cayman Islands was even more electric in the evening, setting another World Record at 19.90 and becoming the first person ever to go sub-20s over 50m in the pool. Crooks looks primed to defend his World title from Melbourne 2022.

“I’m just going to stay on the same process and prepare for tonight, where I hope to do even better,” Crooks told World Aquatics following his record-breaking swim.

In the morning prelims, he rewrote the record books by setting the World Record at 20.08, eclipsing the former World Record held by Caeleb Dressel of the United States by .08 seconds, with the American having also set the previous all-time best in this same Duna Arena pool in Budapest, Hungary.