FLASH! Noè Ponti Lowers 100 Fly World Record To 47.71; Takes Down Dressel’s Mark
Noè Ponti added the 100 fly world record to his 50 standard as he stopped the clock in 47.71 in Budapest.
The Swiss swimmer cut 0.07 from the WR held by Caeleb Dressel who went 47.78 in the same Duna Arena pool in November 2020.
With that he claimed his and Switzerland’s third world title in the pool.
The 23-year-old has enjoyed a golden campaign in the Hungarian capital. He started off with a meet record in the 50 fly followed by a WR in the semis. Come the final and Ponti claimed his first world title in a global standard of 21.32.
He then followed that up with the 100IM title, 24 minutes after booking his place in lane four for the 100 fly final.
On Saturday, Ponti was inside world record pace throughout and reached halfway in 22.16, 0.28 inside Dressel’s time. And although the world record line started to creep on him, the Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist spotted his touch to claim that global standard.
Coach Massimo Meloni, with whom Ponti has trained for the last four years, had tears in his eyes on poolside while the swimmer couldn’t initially speak when meeting the media in the mixed zone, so overcome was he with emotion.
Maxime Grousset of France was second in 48.57 with Matthew Temple of Australia third in 48.71.
