World Cup- Budapest Day 3 as Seen Through the Lens of Marcus Chen

All photos by Marcus Chen

The final day of action at the 2023 World Aquatics World Cup tour in Budapest took place on Sunday October 22nd, and Marcus Chen was on deck capturing the action. In the prior two days, Australia’s Kaylee McKeown thrilled the swimming world by breaking two world records! On the last day of finals, she made an attempt at a 3rd world record and came up with a World Cup meet record! He performances garnered her the title ‘World Aquatics Swimmer of the Year’! On the Men’s side, China’s Qin Haiyang also earned the Swimmer of the Year with his performances in the Breaststroke events.

• Men’s 400 IM
• Women’s 800 Freestyle
• Women’s 100 Butterfly
• Men’s 50 Butterfly
• Women’s 200 Backstroke
• Men’s 100 Backstroke
• Women’s 50 Breaststroke
• Men’s 200 Breaststroke
• Women’s 100 Freestyle
• Men’s 200 Freestyle
• Women’s 200 IM

Men’s 400 IM

• GOLD: Matt Sates (RSA) – 4:15.68
• SILVER: Balazs Hollo (HUN) – 4:16.09
• BRONZE: Brendon Smith (AUS) – 4:16.93

Women’s 800 Freestyle

• GOLD: Lani Pallister (AUS) – 8:15.11 *NEW WORLD CUP RECORD*
• SILVER: Erika Fairweather (NZL) – 8:22.30
• BRONZE: Anja Kesely (HUN) -8:28.87

Women’s 100 Butterfly

• GOLD: Zhang Yufei (CHN) – 56.13
• SILVER: Louise Hansson (SWE) – 57.61
• BRONZE: Alexandria Perkins (AUS) – 58.08

Men’s 50 Butterfly

• GOLD: Michael Andrew (USA) – 23.11
• SILVER: Abdelrahman Sameh (EGY) – 23.13
• BRONZE: Ben Proud (GBR) – 23.15

Women’s 200 Backstroke

• GOLD: Kaylee McKeown (AUS) – 2:04.81 *NEW WORLD CUP RECORD*
• SILVER: Anastasiya Shkurdai (NIA) – 2:09.67
• BRONZE: Kylie Masse (CAN) – 2:09.77

Men’s 100 Backstroke

• GOLD: Thomas Ceccon (ITA) – 52.58
• SILVER: Apostolos Christou (GRE) – 53.77
• BRONZE: Miroslav Knedla (CZE) – 53.78

Women’s 50 Breaststroke

• GOLD: Benedetta Pilato (ITA) – 30.04
• SILVER: Mona McSharry (IRE) – 30.41
• BRONZE: Alina Zmushka (NIA) – 30.53

Men’s 200 Breaststroke

• GOLD: Qin Haiyaing (CHN) – 2:07.32 *NEW WORLD CUP RECORD*
• SILVER: Caspar Corbeau (NED) – 2:08.63
• BRONZE: Arno Kamminga (NED) – 2:08.87

Women’s 100 Freestyle

• GOLD: Siobhan Haughey (HKG) – 52.24
• SILVER: Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) – 53.25
• BRONZE: Marrit Steenbergen (NED) – 53.39

Men’s 200 Freestyle

• GOLD: Maximillian Giuliani (AUS) – 1:45.42
• SILVER: Danas Rapsys (LTU) – 1:45.72
• BRONZE: Kieran Smith (USA) – 1:46.93

Women’s 200 IM

• GOLD: Marrit Steenbergen (NED) – 2:11.33
• SILVER: Beata Nelson (USA) – 2:13.71
• BRONZE: Dalma Sebestyen (HUN) – 2:14.42

Post- meet Awards