Maggie Mac Neil repeated as champion in the women's 50-metre backstroke Friday at the short course swimming championships, taking the gold medal in a world-record time of 25.25 seconds.
Mac Neil, from London, Ont., lowered the world mark she set at the 2021 championships in Abu Dhabi by .02 seconds.
Kylie Masse of LaSalle, Ont., the 2021 silver medallist and reigning long-course world champion in the discipline, was fourth in 25.81. Mac Neil swam in Lane 5 with Masse beside her in Lane 6. Masse gave her teammate a congratulatory hug over the lane rope at the finish and raise the champion’s arm. It’s Mac Neil’s 15th career medal between long-course and short-course world championships, tying with Masse for most of all time by a Canadian.
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