Maxime Grousset Speeds To Fly Double In Lausanne; Noah Verreth Lowers Second Belgian Record
The Lausanne Swim Cup wrapped up on Sunday with Maxime Grousset, Thomas Ceccon and Marie Wattel among the final-day winners and Noah Verreth again rewriting the Belgian record books.
Grousset lined up behind the blocks alongside Noè Ponti with the pair taking gold and silver respectively at the World Championships in Singapore last year.
The Frenchman was ahead throughout, splitting 23.64/27.51 to stop the clock in 51.15, 0.32 ahead of Ponti (51.47) with Clement Secchi third (52.25).
Grousset’s time was the third fastest in 2025 behind his 50.95 rankings topper at the Pro Swim Series in Austin and Shaine Casas’ 51.02 in Westmont. It followed his 22.78 50 fly blast on Saturday and his 50 free win in 21.78 on the opening night in Lausanne.
Mary-Sophie Harvey roared back on the second half to win the women’s race in 58.21, 0.05 ahead of Wattel (58.26). It concluded a fine meet for the Canadian who also clinched the IM double and 400 free.
Wattel upgraded fly silver to 100 free gold when she clawed back a 0.28 deficit at the turn to take the title in 54.17. Florine Gaspard was second in 54.40 with Sofia Astedt next home in 54.99.
Ceccon won the men’s 50 back in 24.95, although it was a close-run thing with Verreth only 0.03 adrift in 24.98.
It was a second Belgian record in as many days for Verreth who sliced a whopping 0.22 from the previous standard of 25.20 held by Stan Franckx since April 2024.
It followed his 100 back record of 54.14 on Saturday.
- Patrick Sammon won the 100 free in 47.90 to clinch the 100/200 double
- Lisa Angiolini won the 200m breaststroke in 2:23.90 with Kerem Ilyem of Türkiye taking the men’s title in 2:10.21 ahead of Caspar Corbeau (2:10.44)
- Pauline Mahieu won the women’s 50 back in 27.90
