"Josh Liendo arrived at Pan Am Sports Centre on Thursday with many fond memories of his hometown pool. It's where the 23-year-old set an Ontario record in 2017 in the 100-metre freestyle, where he made his first Olympic team a few years later and where the Toronto swimmer boasts several Canadian marks. It's also where Liendo set a short course world record in the men's 100 butterfly on Thursday evening."
"His winning time of 47.68 seconds eclipsed the previous mark of 47.71 by Switzerland's Noe Ponti, who was third on this night in 48.38. Liendo, who added a second gold-medal performance later in evening in the men's 50 freestyle, told Devin Heroux of CBC Sports he couldn't have imagined setting a world mark in the third and final leg of the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup."
Josh Liendo set a short-course world record in the men's 100-metre butterfly at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup stop in Toronto with a winning time of 47.68 seconds, surpassing Noe Ponti's previous mark of 47.71. Liendo also won the men's 50 freestyle later that evening. The two-time Olympian earned $12,500, including a $10,000 world-record bonus. Family members were present in the crowd and Liendo celebrated emphatically after the race. University of Toronto head coach Byron MacDonald said Liendo appeared sluggish earlier in the month but had sharpened at the recent Westmont meet, where he placed third in 49.56.
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