Canada's Liendo breaks own national record, wins silver in men's 100-metre butterfly

Canada's Josh Liendo won silver in the men's 100-metre butterfly with a Canadian record time at the World Aquatics Championships on Saturday.

The 20-year-old from Toronto clocked in at 50.34 seconds to eclipse his previous national mark of 50.36 seconds set back in the spring and improve on his bronze-medal performance at the 2022 worlds.France's Maxime Grousset edged Liendo for gold in 50.14 seconds, while Dare Rose of the United States grabbed bronze in 50.46.

"It paid off," he said. "I just trusted my race, trusted my strengths and also tried to work on stuff I thought were my weaknesses." "There's definitely some stuff to improve on, but then again, it's a new program this year," he said. "Today was just a great learning opportunity for me." Australia broke its world record in the mixed 4x100 freestyle relay to take gold in 3:18.83. The Americans were second in 3:20.82, while Great Britain was third in 3:21.68.

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