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Seye Equals Senegalese Record in 50m Butterfly at Meeting des Hortillons

Houlie seventh, Smith eighth in debut world short course final

Aimable & Diop Shatter Four National Records at World Aquatics Championships (25m)

Seye Equals Senegalese Record in 50m Butterfly at Meeting des Hortillons

Amiens, France – December 21, 2024 – Matthieu Ousmane Seye equaled the Senegalese national record in the 50m Butterfly at the 16th Meeting des Hortillons (50m pool) in Amiens, France. On the first day of competition (December 20, 2024), Seye clocked a time of 24.50 seconds in the semi-final of the 50m Butterfly, matching the national record previously set by Steven Kilian Aimable at the African Championships in Tunis on August 21, 2022. Seye subsequently qualified for the final of the event, where he secured the bronze medal...Read More

Houlie seventh, Smith eighth in debut world short course final

15 December 2024 – Michael Houlie and Chris Smith became the first South African pair to line up in the same 50m breaststroke final at the World Short Course Swimming Championships since 2016 in Budapest on Sunday. Houlie, a former Youth Olympic champion in the event, was fifth at the turn in the final but dropped to seventh, finishing in 25.73 seconds. 18-year-old Smith, who set a new world junior record of 25.66 on his way to winning his semifinal on Saturday, was eighth in 25.77 seconds. It has nevertheless been a breakthrough event...Read More

Aimable & Diop Shatter Four National Records at World Aquatics Championships (25m)

Budapest, Hungary – December 15, 2024 – Senegalese swimmers Steven Aimable and Oumy Diop delivered outstanding performances at the 17th World Aquatics Championships (25m) in Budapest, Hungary, breaking a total of four national records. Aimable began his record-breaking spree on the second day of competition (December 12, 2024), obliterating the nine-year-old national record in the 200m Butterfly. His time of 2:01.15 eclipsed the previous record of 2:14.41, set by Ismaël Kane in Sierre, Switzerland, on November 7, 2015, by ...Read More
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