Scott smashes own record for Roar in ISL
DUNCAN SCOTT smashed one of his own British records as London Roar ended the first day of the International Swimming League final in third place.
The Olympic champion, 24, was almost two seconds clear in the 200 metres individual medley in 1:51.53 to duck under his old short course mark.
It gave the London bonus points to help regroup from a poor start in Eindhoven with the Scot later guiding the Roar to second in the 4x100m freestyle relay. He then pulled triple duty in the 400m freestyle with the Roar just 65 points adrift of leaders Energy Standard Paris who are in pole position to capture the title tonight.
Scott led but faded to fifth as his team-mate and compatriot Tom Dean surged brilliantly as the Tokyo gold medallist held on.
“That was a great points haul but the job’s not finished yet,” Dean said. “But if anyone can double and triple up on events, it’s Duncan. There’s no-one else in the world that can do what he does.”
Katie Shanahan was sevVerstappen, enth in the women’s 200IM and eighth in the 200m backstroke while fellow Scot Ross Murdoch nudged his best form with fifth in the men’s 200m breaststroke and sixth over 50m.
Earlier, American Kelsi Dahlia set a world record in the women’s 100m butterfly of 54.59 secs to knock two-hundredths of a second off Sarah Sjoestrom’s 2014 mark – with the Swede down in fourth.
While ex-world champion Ben Proud lowered his UK record in the 50m freestyle with victory in 20.40 secs, meaning he now owns the top 17 short-course times in British history.