World swimming records broken at Tashkent World Cup

During the second leg of the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup held in Tashkent, two new world records were established in 25-meter pool events. On October 10, South African swimmer Pieter Coetze set a new world record in the 50m backstroke with a time of 22.09 seconds, surpassing the previous record of 22.11 held by Russia's Kliment Kolesnikov since 2022. Coetze is currently the only swimmer from Africa to hold a world record in either 25m or 50m pools.

The following day, Russian swimmer Egor Kornev set a new world record in the 50m butterfly, finishing in 21.28 seconds to break the 21.32 mark previously held by Swiss swimmer Noe Ponti since 2024. In the same competition, Dutch swimmer Marrit Steenbergen secured victory in the 100m freestyle with a time of 50.32 seconds, setting a new European record that improved upon her own previous performance of 50.42 from last year's European Short Course Championships.