Duncan Scott broke the British file by two and a half seconds as he claimed gold within the 400m freestyle on the quick course World Cup occasion in Singapore.
The Scot completed in three minutes 34.46 seconds to interrupt the earlier file set by James Man in 2014 and transfer as much as second within the all-time listing.
The 27-year-old took gold forward of American Kieran Smith and Pan Zhanle of China.
“The 400m free continues to be an occasion I am studying,” Scott mentioned. “And I do not actually have any worry about what is going on to occur. And, yeah, I am actually pleased with that.”
Scott completed second within the males’s 200m quick course medley behind Leon Marchand, who raced to victory in a world file time of 1:48.88.
The Frenchman broke Ryan Lochte’s 12-year-old file by 0.75 seconds and was greater than two seconds away from Scott, with Alberto Razzetti of Italy third.
Scott may also race within the 200m freestyle in Singapore, the third and remaining meet of this 12 months’s World Cup.
Marchand earlier grew to become simply the second man, after Caeleb Dressel, to interrupt 50 seconds within the 100m particular person medley.
Marchand, who gained 4 gold medals on the Olympics in Paris through the summer season, swam 49.92 to maneuver as much as second on the all-time listing.
American Kate Douglass broke her personal world file set simply final week within the 200m breaststroke.
Douglass swam 2:12.72, one and a half seconds faster than the file she set on the World Cup meet in South Korea.
