No one was beating Regan Smith in her signature event. Bouncing back from a close-but-no-Olympics call in her first race, Smith set a world record in the women's 100-meter backstroke at the U.S.

In the last 16 years, the world record in the men’s 100 backstroke has fallen only twice. Aaron Peirsol, the Olympic champion in the event in 2004 and 2008, became the first man under 52 at U.S.

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Northern Ireland swimmer Bethany Firth breaks her own S14 100m backstroke record at the Dutch National Championships in Eindhoven.