2024, Year in Sports, Swimming: China’s doping scandal; Schooling and McKeon’s retirement; Ledecky- the most decorated female Olympic swimmer

In 2024, the world of swimming saw major milestones, with athletes retiring and new records being set. Record-breaking performances, including Ariarne Titmus’s world record in the 200m freestyle and Ledecky’s historic achievements, kept the sport in the spotlight, culminating in the 2024 Paris Olympics, where new champions emerged. Gretchen Walsh sets 100m fly world record at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials Gretchen Walsh set a world record in the women’s 100-meter butterfly, posting a time of 55.18 seconds in a semifinal heat at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials.Walsh was more than a half-second under world-record pace at the turn and finished strong to eclipse the mark of 55.48 set by Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. READ | Katie Ledecky at Olympics: All you need to know about the most decorated female Olympic swimmer Marchand seals fourth gold medal of Summer Games French favourite Leon Marchand took his fourth gold medal of the Paris Olympics when he won the men’s 200 metres Individual Medley in an Olympic record time. Paralympics Swimming World Records: Here is the list of swimming world records broken at the 2024 Paris Paralympics: Men’s 50m Freestyle - S4 New WR: Sebastian Massabie - 35.61s Old WR: Ami Omer Dadaon - 36.25s Men’s 50m Freestyle - S5 New WR: Guo Jincheng - 29.33s Old WR: Guo Jincheng - 29.78s Men’s 50m Freestyle - S7 New WR: Andrii Trusov - 26.38s Old WR: Andrii Trusov - 27.07s Men’s 50m Freestyle - S9 New WR: Simone Barlaam - 23.90s Old WR: Simone Barlaam - 23.96s Men’s 200m Freestyle - S14 New WR: William Ellard - 1:51.30s Old WR: Reece Dunn - 1:52.40s Men’s 100m Backstroke - S11 New WR: Mykhailo Serbin - 1:05.84s Old WR: Mykhailo Serbin - 1:06.01s Men’s 100m Backstroke - S12 New WR: Stephen Clegg - 59.02s Old WR: Aleksandr Nevolin-Svetov - 59.35s Men’s 100m Backstroke - S14 New WR: Benjamin Hance - 56.52s Old WR: Benjamin Hance - 56.88s Men’s 100m Breaststroke - SB13 New WR: Taliso Engel - 1:01.84s Old WR: Taliso Engel - 1:02.22s Men’s 50m Butterfly - S5 New WR: Guo Jincheng - 30.28s Old WR: Zheng Tao - 30.62s Men’s 150m Individual Medley - SM2 New WR: Gabriel Geraldo dos Santos Araujo - 3:15.06s Old WR: Gabriel Geraldo dos Santos Araujo - 3:23.83s Men’s 200m Individual Medley - SM6 New WR: Yang Hong - 2:37.31s Old WR: Yang Hong - 2:37.53s Men’s 200m Individual Medley - SM13 New WR: Ihar Boki - 2:02.03s Old WR: Ihar Boki - 2:02.70s Women’s 50m Freestyle - S3 New WR: Leanne Smith - 40.03s Old WR: Arjola Trimi - 40.32s, Leanne Smith - 40.32s Women’s 50m Freestyle - S9 New WR: Christie Raleigh-Crossley - 27.28s Old WR: Sophie Pascoe - 27.32s Women’s 50m Freestyle - S10 New WR: Chen Yi - 27.10s Old WR: Aurelie Rivard - 27.37s Women’s 50m Freestyle - S11 New WR: Ma Jia - 28.96s Old WR: Ma Jia - 29.20s Women’s 100m Freestyle - S6 New WR: Jiang Yuyan - 1:09.68s Old WR: Jiang Yuyan - 1:10.86s Women’s 100m Freestyle - S9 New WR: Alexa Leary - 59.53s Old WR: Alexa Leary - 59.60s Women’s 100m Freestyle - S11 New WR: Daria Lukianenko - 1:04.88s Old WR: Liesette Bruinsma - 1:05.14s Women’s 100m Backstroke - S6 New WR: Jiang Yuyan - 1:19.44s Old WR: Ellie Marks - 1:19.57s Women’s 100m Breaststroke - SB7 New WR: Mariia Pavlova - 1:26.09s Old WR: Mariia Pavlova - 1:26.86s Women’s 100m Breaststroke - SB12 New WR: Elena Krawzow - 1:12.54s Old WR: Elena Krawzow - 1:12.71s Women’s 50m Butterfly - S5 New WR: Lu Dong - 38.17s Old WR: He Shenggao - 39.32s Women’s 100m Butterfly - S14 New WR: Poppy Maskill - 1:03.00s Old WR: Olivia Newman-Baronius - 1:03.33s, Valeriia Shabalina - 1:03.33s Women’s 200m Individual Medley - SM11 New WR: Daria Lukianenko - 2:37.77s Old WR: Daria Lukianenko - 2:38.47s Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay - 34 Points New WR: Italy - 4:01.54s Old WR: Italy - 4:02.53s Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Relay - 20 Points New WR: China - 2:14.98s Old WR: China - 2:15.49s Mixed 4x50m Medley Relay - 20 Points New WR: China - 2:24.83s Old WR: China - 2:27.45s National Aquatic Championships 2024: Hashika Ramachandra breaks 13-year-old 400m record Hashika Ramachandra broke the National Record in the Women’s 400m Freestyle event at the 77th Senior National Aquatic Championships 2024 at the International Aquatic Complex in Yemmekere, Mangaluru.