The gold and set a record for the Ontario Kylie Mass

Photo: Michael Sohn Associated Press
The Canadian Kylie Masse has beaten the world record in the 100 m dos in the 58,10 sec to win the final of the World championships in 2017.

Budapest — Kylie Masse has written a page of history on Tuesday by becoming the first swimmer in canadian champion of the world.

Ontario’s 21 year-old stopped the clock at 58,10 seconds to win the gold medal in the 100 metres backstroke at the world aquatic Championships. This performance lowered the old mark world 58,12 held by Britain’s Gemma Spofforth from the World in Rome in 2009, a time of combinations of polyurethane.

It has outstripped the American Kathleen Baker (58,58) and Australian Emily Seebohm (58,59).

“I think I don’t realize it yet, said Mass. I touched the wall, I looked and I wanted to make sure I was looking at the right name and the right time. I was so happy at that time. “

Mass had won a bronze medal at the olympic Games in Rio last year, where it had established a new canadian brand.

“After the Olympics, I took confidence in me, and stored a lot of experiments, continued the one whose parents were able to attend to his historical performance in Budapest. I saw that I had my place in the finals and on the podium, all of this comes with confidence. “

It is the first world record for Canada since the Annamay Pierse in 2009 in the 200-metres breaststroke. Mass is the third Canadian to hold the world record in the 100 metres backstroke after Wendy Cook in 1974 and Elaine Tanner (twice in 1967).

Earlier, Katie Ledecky has easily secured his third gold medal of the championships, winning the 1500-meter free by more than a half-length of the basin during the evening’s busiest.

Ledecky posted a time of 15 min 31 s 82 — more than six seconds faster than the rhythm that helped establish the record at the World championships in Kazan two years ago. But she has obviously spared his energy for his second race of the evening. It had a break of 49 minutes before going back in the pool for the semi-finals of the 200 meters free.

Mary-Sophie Harvey of Trois-Rivières (1 min 58 s 15), and Katerine Savard of Pont-Rouge (1 min 58 s 46), took 14th and 15th positions on this distance.

Already victorious in the 400 metres freestyle and relay 4 x 100 metres during the first day of competition, Ledecky is always aiming to equal the record of six gold medals in the ladies.

The American Lilly King and Britain’s Adam Peaty have also improved the world record during the third evening of finals. And Peaty twice rather than once.

King, olympic gold medallist, has overshadowed a record dating back four years in the 100 metres breaststroke, beating again his rival, Russian Yulia Efimova with a time of 1 min 4 s 13. The previous mark of 1 min 4 s 35 belonged to the Lithuanian Ruta Meilutyte.

The Columbian Kierra Smith took the 6th place with a time of 1 min 6 s 90.

Peaty has improved two times and record in the 50 metres breaststroke, a distance which was not included in the olympic program. He first achieved a time of 26.10 at preliminary in the morning, subtracting the 32 cents for the standard that it had established two years ago in Kazan. This is shown even more rapid in the semi-finals, touching the wall in 25,95.

Five world records have fallen up here in Budapest.