Canadians Josh Liendo and Ilya Kharun continued their stellar performances at the swimming World Cup event in Toronto on Friday.
Liendo captured gold in the men’s 100-metre freestyle, while Kharun won the 200m butterfly event.
Toronto’s Liendo broke Brent Hayden’s Canadian record in time of 45.30 seconds, ahead of Americans Jack Alexy (45.55) and Chris Guiliano (45.71), respectively.
“I was happy to get a good swim and just went out there and had fun,” Liendo told CBC Sports reporter Devin Heroux. “It’s good momentum, the city is doing good right now and it’s just good to be a part of.”
Toronto’s Josh Liendo finishes first in the men’s 100-metre freestyle final with a Canadian record time of 45.30 at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup 2025 stop in Toronto. On Thursday, Liendo won the 100-metre butterfly with a world record and also captured the 50-metre butterfly title.
Kharun, meanwhile, completed his evening with a winning time of one minutes 49.71 seconds. The Montreal native easily outdistanced second-place finisher Alberto Razzetti of Italy (1:51.63) and American Mitchell Schott (1:52.10).
Montreal’s Ilya Kharun wins the men’s 200-metre butterfly final with a time of 1:49.71 to sweep all three stops on the World Cup circuit.
Liendo’s performance comes one day after his set the short-course world record in the men’s 100m butterfly event. He also added a second gold medal in the 50m freestyle.
Liendo told Heroux on Thursday that he couldn’t have imagined setting a world mark in the third and final leg of the World Cup event on home soil.
Kharun earned himself $10,000 US for winning the 200m butterfly in all three stops of the World Cup circuit. Kharun also finished second to Liendo in the 100m butterfly on Thursday.
“It feels amazing,” Kharun said of the Triple-Crown win to Heroux after the race. “I wanted a faster time but I’m happy I got it done.”
In the men’s 200m individual medley, Finlay Knox, of Okotoks, Alta., finished third at 1:51.50, behind American Shaine Casas (1:49.79) and Japan’s Tomoyuki Matsushita (1:51.43).
Finlay Knox of Okotoks, Alta., discusses finishing third in the men’s 200-metre individual medley at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup 2025 stop in Toronto.
Another short-course world record fell on Friday, this time in the women’s 200m freestyle race where Australian Mollie O’Callaghan touched the wall in 1:49.36.
Mollie O’Callaghan posted a new short-course world record time of 1:49.36 in the 200-metre freestyle race at World Cup in Toronto.
In the women’s 400m individual medley, Mary-Sophie Harvey, from Trois-Rivières, Que., placed second in a personal-best time of 4:24.25. Ireland’s Ellen Walshe won in a time of 4:22.97, with Japan’s Mio Narita finishing third in 4:26.43.
“I’m really happy with the time,” Harvey said after the race. “I think it’s been very cool coming to Toronto in the last stop.”
Mary-Sophie Harvey of Trois-Rivieres, Que., swam to silver medal 400-metre individual medley time of 4.24:26 at the World Cup in Toronto Friday.
